Boss Tuneage

From: Euphonia OnLine

So Robby gave me this CD and is rushing me to write a review. And that’s not cool, because I don’t get to spend that much quality time with the album. Plus I want a raise on the zero-dollar paycheck. I wrote a not-so-good review for Kill Verona’s Trauma after having it for one night, and after a month I found it to be one of my favorite EPs of all time, constantly putting it into my CD player.
        Words Away is a power-punk (I just pulled that term out of thin air) trio. This is one of those bands that’s very melodic without sounding the least bit poppy. My first thought was Hot Water Music. The singer does kind of sound like Chuck Regan, and the general feel of Words Away’s music is driving, steady, and locomotive.
        Punk today is falling off the edges of pop and ska--two forces which I hate with a passion. Words Away seems to stick to a tradition of power chords and steady pounding, and maybe a touch of emocore. But that’s obviously not the whole story. Since Carroll is the only guitarist in the band, so he must fulfill a position of lead and rhythm. Unlike most one-guitar bands like Alkaline Trio and AFI, the guitarist of Words Away can cover both bases without recording multiple guitar tracks. He flawlessly treads between power chord punches and arpeggio countermelodies.
        The simplicity in the production of this CD really adds to the punk rock feel without taking away from record quality. The sound is very upfront and honest, because it lacks that superfluous digital mastering that too many bands rely on.
        For the same reasons, there are few subtleties in the record. Obviously, one guitar, one bass, and one drumset don’t yield much of a different equation than straight vamping. So if you’re someone who digs heavily orchestrated music... yeah, you might not want to pick this one up at the music store.
        So I guess the body of my review ends here. A 35-minute CD doesn’t equate into a long review. For anyone who likes the simple yet fulfilling, Words Away is a good investment. For anyone who digs the less gabba-gabba-hey type of punk, this record has your name on it. And for anyone just looking for a CD to skate or BMX to, I would also recommend this.
        And for anyone looking for a good time, get your drinking buddies and play beer pong while listening to this CD. That’s going on my to-do list. Yeah, just a suggestion.
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C.L. '05

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WORDS AWAY these past weeks CD

I’m reliably informed by the blurb that comes with the CD that this sounds like HOT WATER MUSIC, whoopey doo. What it is with the plethora of HWM wannabes? Let’s be frank here HWM are just a piss poor version of Mush era LEATHERFACE. Look kids please just buy said LP and get over it. OK sorry about the diversion let’s get back to WORDS AWAY who, incidentally, do not really sound too much like HWM or LEATHERFACE. This three piece from New Jersey belt out 11 tracks of driving melodic hardcore in a similar vein to bands like LIFETIME and maybe even FACE TO FACE to a lesser extent. I admire Boss Tuneage records for putting out the sheer volume of new music that they do, however I admit that I have questioned the quality control element of said label before, but Aston’s on to a
winner with this one. Nice one. (SH)

Boss Tuneage, PO Box 74, Sandy, Beds, SG19 2WB
www.bosetunage.com

WORDS AWAY
"These Past Weeks" CD
Yank band. Brit label. Melodic hardcore. In the vein of LIFETIME/V.CARD. Pretty good. (RK)
(Boss Tuneage/www.bosstuneage.com)

WORDS AWAY - “ These Past weeks ” CD *****

This reminds me of Hot water Music, Jugheads Revenge... you know the stuff... I hardly need to describe it here. Pretty level with the quality of those bands too. Lots of chuggy chuggy bits. Nice and simple. No lonely hearts crap. - BOZ
(www.bosstuneage.com)
from: http://www.praxisireland.com/nosebleed/nbreviews0104.htm

Aquarian March 24-31 2004 volume 2-235
NORTH JERSEY NOTES BY: Tim Louie

They're huge in Europe and an independent record
label, Boss Tuneage Records released their CD, These
Past Weeks. Here in the states, they're just another local
alternative punk rock band. They call themselves Words
Away. Not only are are they "just" a local band, but they're
also starting to make some noise around this music
scene, you might recognize the drummer as Dylan from
one of my local favorites Joanie Loves Trotsky. I liked
Words Away a lot too. They label themselves as a punk
band, but the tracks that I heard , "Move On", "Digging
Holes", and "This Life Is Not", have a little more alterna-
tive rock sound.
    Words Away are a three-piece melodic punk/rock band
from Garfield NJ. They've been together since June
2002 and have been delivering college sounding all rock
ever since. Words Away are made up of Mike the gui-
tarist/lead singer, George the bassist, and Dylan (also
from Joanie Loves Trotsky) the drummer. The trio claims
that they're a Canadian band, which seems to be a pret-
ty cool gimmick, but they are all from Jersey.
    Since 2002, Words Away have been playing in and
around the metro area and even signed an independent
deal with Boss Tuneage Records, who at first released a
bunch of singles from Words Away abd then eventually
their full-length CD These Past Weeks. The CD sold well
in Europe and even got the band praises from many
Europeon publications.
    I did get a chance to hear three songs from Words Away
on their website www.wordsaway.net and I enjoyed all of
them. My favorite though was "This Life Is Not" because
of the cool bass intro and the very catchy guitar riff that
just kicks in. Some very cool effects on the vocals too on
this song.

The Aquarian April-7-14 2004 Vol-2-237

By: Al Muzer

Quick Cuts

Words Away/These Past Weeks/CD11
Released on the UK's Boss Tuneage Records
label, this loud n'fast NJ trio led by vocalist/gui-
tarist Mike Carroll with drummer/vocalist Dylan
Gadino and bassist George Dossantos careen
between straight-on hardcore riffage, hard metal
swagger and melody-based punk/pop on 11
outstanding tracks that bring to mind a diverse
collection ofr possible influences including husker
du, Samiam, All, Art Alexis, Black Flag, Bad Religion,
Ruth Ruth, Green Day, Pro-Pain, Mike Ness, Nirvana,
Tool, Tad and Screaming Trees

-Al Muzer

Words Away
These Past Weeks
Boss Tuneage/Does Everyone Stare?

Boss Tuneage is known for releasing a steady stream of solid, Doughboys-inspired pop punk, but this LP by Canada's Words Away is really something else. While I tend to think that most of the stuff on Boss T (at least the label's bread-and-butter pop releases) gets to be a little bit too stylized for my tastes, Words Away's music is strictly from the gut. This band plays like they're the headlining band at the concert at the end of the universe.

Take "Move On," for instance. At two minutes ten seconds it's the album's shortest song (always a plus with me), and while the tempo isn't as fast as Words Away can get from time to time the song just seeths with emotion. The chorus, in particular, locks into a powerful groove that, when overlaid with some shimmering little guitar flourishes, is pure pop punk ecstasy. Forget that emo stuff, this is punk rock, but just like bands such as Leatherface and Jawbreaker, it's pop punk that'll hit you right in the gut. Recommended listening for sure!
Daniel

Hears hears!!! Now is Christmas or which?!? I rise this morning, think I pull myself now times a few disks to the Reviewen clean and am baff!!! First the k-LINE disk, me genuinely umgehauen has and now still unknown volume, which makes correctly good noise. "WORDS AWAY" from new jersey (you know already bon jovi and in such a way) land with their Debut surely with some in the middle in heart. Carried ones, well produced Midtempoemocore get one on "thesis past Weeks". Sometimes the rough voice of Mike Carroll reminds of from the Hot the Water Music front man. Unfortunately and that is the point of minus waits one in vain for a knackigen high point or a trip into the harder Gefilde. There is some harder Songs drauf, but also those somehow work very very harmlessly, no notion, perhaps are it at production or because of the missing Mesa Boogie sound. Is altogether already unfortunate, but hey... fat Debut!!! Will surely develop further and will very thickly wave off.Nicola Rating: 26.12.2003 (8.5/10) from www.music-scan.de

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Copyright MUSICSCAN 2001

Boss Tuneage´s releasing three really strong albums this month-
and the one by Words Away is one of it. This three piece delivers a rocking mid tempo album, with lots of hymnic
moments while they remain on a rough edge. Punkrock with an melancholic touch, which gets them close to (new) Hot Water Music
or a more melodic version of early Small Brown Bike. A real surprise!

Further Links:

Boss Tuneage

Words Away
Author:

Jan

www.threenoterecords.com

Boss Tuneage have released another stormer: Words Away . Despite one of them wearing an Arsenal shirt on the back cover, this is top smart! Melodic rockage somewhere in between blocko & hot water music, they remind me of a heavier version of Tuesday

WORDS AWAY-THESE PAST WEEKS(CD BOSS TUNEAGEBOSTAGE 5114) Words Away have surely listened a whole lot to Husker Du through the times and that have done them good. It have made them good be so sure about that because their messy pop music have many point when they touch that type of bands. I could count up bands like Dinosaur Jr, lemonheads and so on but Words Away manage to stand on their own legs really good. It feels a little like Words Away have taken the best from pop and punk and on this way got foreword a record which sounds really good. (SEVEN) 31/10-03

from:
http://w1.313.telia.com/~u31309301/recwordsaway.htm

V/A - Boss Samplerage 4 2xCD [Boss Tuneage]
Finally, a double CD compilation of the most productive independent label to my knowledge. It features 56 songs by 56 bands including vinyl-only and unreleased stuff as well. It’s a cheapo sampler and therefore an good introduction to Bosstuneage and their really diverse work that ranges from emopop to punk to ska to hardcore. The bands I liked the most were: The Miles Apart, Beezewax, Doughboys, Something with Numbers, Blocko, The Milwaukees, Words Away, Shortcut to Newark, Southpaw, Mico, Four Square, Despistado, Sylvie and Anal Beard (but just because of their innovative name). (th)

Words Away - These Past Weeks CD [Boss Tuneage]
Words Away is a 3 piece melodic Punk/Rock band from New Jersey. The band has only been around since June Of 2002. They have a singles collection available on Boss Tuneage records and now their debut full length as well. “These Past Weeks” is a rocking mid tempo album, with lots of hymnic moments with an rough edge. At times it sounds exactly like Hot Water Music. But friends of Samiam, Big Drill Car and Small Brown Bike should risk an ear here too. (th)

One of the last prod of boss tuneage (the label of the milwaukees, unknown and southpaw, between others.), behind a small pocket not very engaging ("it is libreeeeee max!") a trio delivering us hides a punk rock'n'roll not too fast, at the same time quite melody and pop, a rugeux melancholic person, and hair... I was well astonished by this group which will make swinguer your days until exhaustion... As much to say that that is worth the turning, one feels that they listened to samiam, hot toilets music and hüsker dü, this Cd is thus strongly recommended (they are distributed in France, as well as the other artists of boss tuneage, by walked in line)

09 janvier 2004
maddam

Words Away - These past weeks
11 skladeb / 35:40

Kanadské trio Words Away sice nenatocilo nijak výjimecnou desku, ale stydet se za ní ani v nejmenším nemusí. Na to že jde o debut se docela povedla a to i po stránce zvukové. Je dostatecne melodická i drsná zároven. Na pomezí punku a melodického hardcore. Pusobí sebevedome a punkové publikum, jemuž se dostane do rukou by jí nemelo odzívnout. Ale jak jsem rekl na zacátku - o nic výjimecného nejde... jen o poctive udelanou desku, která zní jako mnoho dalších. To znamená: nikterak originálne!