You Can’t Keep A Good Sound Down As Let Me Downs Get Straight Back Up With Broken Promises On Felony Records

Let Me Downs 
Broken Promises 
Felony Records 
 
Based in Washington, the emo-punk trio Let Me Downs are almost ready to release this year’s high-energy new album. Their 2000’s punk rock sound carries the flame into 2025 and ensures the genre and sound maintain their effectiveness on the dancefloor and on the stereo. To kick off the party the band provide us with the second single from the record, Broken Promises. It follows on from December’s One More Round that no-doubt put a bit of festive cheer on the playlist even when it’s based on punk rock. With a lyric video made by the superstar film-producer Matt Powell and cream cameraman Doug Reimer, Broken Promises shunts a dose of nostalgia and emotional intelligence into the airwaves.   
 
An upbeat melodious guitar riff opens the tune with a solitary instrument. The band joins in after the first round of the melody, chords bump up the energy and the drums and bass thrash out the quick-paced rhythm. An evolution of the notes then churns the music in a rotation of chugging palm-muted and melodic breakdowns. Lyrics enter just as the music becomes whole, the guitars finding a new pattern that takes the progression into new dimensions. A voice full of feeling takes a full-frontal assault to the lyrics, extreme emotional projection gives way to class musicianship as the scale always hits the mark. I don’t think many people can pull it off, but that’s why these are the pros. It feels like it’s 1999 and we’re listening to that brand new sound, INXS and Blink 182 with a bit of Megadeth in there to make it kick. Great stuff.  
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