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Pass the Flask

The Bled

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Album Review

Pass the Flask was originally issued on the Fiddler label, went out of print since shortly after it was issued, and is reissued here by the Bled's current label, Vagrant, with a whopping 11 bonus cuts, many coming from the band's earliest EPs. This is post-hardcore with just enough metal and screamo thrown in for good measure to make the Bled a thing unto itself. The set has been issued as a stop-gap between 2005's Found in the Flood and an album to be issued later in 2007. It's not like the band's sound changed appreciably between 2003 and 2005, through production values did. Songs have enough strange melodic territory planted inside them — check the Cure groove evoked in the bridge of "I Never Met Another Gemini." There are many such moments, where this or that influence gets checked musically, especially on the EP cuts, where even Mike Patton's vocal madness gets touched on in "My Cyanide Catharsis." For fans who missed it the first time, this is a special bit of memorabilia, but more than that, Pass the Flask and the EP tracks trace the Bled's development almost from the very beginning.

Customer Reviews

Album is Amazing...

As we all know, this album is amazing...BUT the demos from thier earlier release on here are'nt of great quality; which is to be expected..nontheless great examples of what was to come on "Pass the Flask" and "Found in the Flood"...so that will take a listen or two....The alternate version of "Hotel Coral Essex" is sweet...buy that one for sure!!!!

Pick it up while it's still $9.99

It's really hard to not draw comparisons between this album and System of a Down's "Steal This Album!" It's something that isn't as accessible as "Found in the Flood,"--especially for new fans--but is rewarding nonetheless. It's all these odds and ends that really help legitimize the Bled's catalog. You'd be insane not to pick this up at 10 bucks...you'd be even more insane to not pick it up at all.

When we start to feel shut that sh*t off

omg this friggin reissue is so badass first off cuz i never got the original and i just had a crappy burned copy 2. cuz the unreleased songs are off the dang chain threee. the original recording of hotel coral essex is ill...like unbeleivable that they didnt just stay with that one on found in the flood lastly i think you get to see a lighter side of the band on lay on my cot completely stupid.\\ all the songs on this thing are amazing so glad i friggin bought it so do the same

Biography

Formed: 2001 in Tucson, AZ

Genre: Alternative

Years Active: '00s, '10s

Inspired by groups like Refused and the Mars Volta, Tucson-based post-hardcore quintet the Bled burst onto the national scene with their 2005 Vagrant debut, Found in the Flood. By that point the band's lineup featured vocalist James Muñoz, guitarists Ross Ott and Jeremy Talley, and a rhythm section of Darren Simoes (bass) and Mike Pedicone (drums), though like most bands they'd endured some lineup changes in the past. Previous to the Vagrant deal, the Bled had been on Fiddler, where they issued the...
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