if you’ve read our bio, you can skip this next part. our first review came from our second demo tape, which was called premonition, change, revolt. we sent the demo airmail to california to the new hot zine called heartattack which was done by the same people that did the label ebullition records which had put out some of our favorite records. we sent the demo away and nervously awaited the review. imagine our shock and disappointment when the reviewer wrote, “imagine neil sedaka fronting a gothic rock crap band.” we were crushed. even though we didn’t care what the damn reviewer had to say. he probably was a frustrated musician anyway. what the hell does he know, anyway?
so anyway we got some early reviews of the new record. the first one is pretty cool.

Aaron Is Trying to Find What's So Interesting about: BoySetsFire - The Misery Index: Notes From The Plague Years



Having not always been a Boysetsfire fan, it took me a while to get into their music and just how good of a band these guys are. The Delaware five-piece hasn't had an easy 10 years in the business. Their previous effort Tomorrow Comes Today was good and was completely overlooked by Wind-Up Records. Finally, the band has landed on a solid label that has the same ideals these guys have. Equal Vision gives Boysetsfire an outlet to reach their best target market possible. The new album is nothing short of amazing. It has been on repeat for the last few days and it's definitely a beautiful record. Crafted with a very rock feel to it but definitely not leaving their more hardcore roots, this album contains 13 tracks of some of the most memorable ballads in some time. The album as a whole should be one of my favorites to come, as it has a little bit of everything; don't miss the song with the trumpets.

pretty cool huh? that comes from www.decoymusic.com. this next one is one of my favorites ever.

Boysetsfire - The Misery Index: Notes From The Plague Years

Written by James
Saturday, 14 January 2006
Boysetsfire - The Misery Index: Notes From The Plague Years
Burning Heart 2006

Christian post-hardcore? Previously on Creed's own Wind Up Records? The only thing that could make Boysetsfire any less appealing would be a concept album about diarrhoea. This isn't even the metallic vocal savagery of Underoath but the old fashioned melodic Strongarm variety we all thought died when ‘screamo' did its funky-chicken strut all over MTV way back in 2001.

Past encounters with Boysetsfire have produced a Pavlovian reaction that manifests itself as the repeated pounding of my own head against ash-trays, pint glasses and fire extinguishers until a satisfying bloody pulp with two squishy fried eggs of eyeballs are all that remain. Frankly it was weak, jangly wet-trouser rubbish, and I couldn't stomach that even at the height of my indiscriminate thirst for melodic hardcore.

Unsurprisingly ‘The Misery Index' contains a fair bit of irritating adolescent crap and ham-fisted progression, but what shocks me like a rapist in the shower is that the majority of ‘The Misery Index: Notes From The Plague Years' is made up of fiendishly catchy, robust little numbers that have you singing along and pounding your chest with cathartic enthusiasm. ‘Walk Away', ‘The Misery Index', ‘Empire', ‘Social Register Fanclub' and ‘With Cold Eyes' are burning at an intensity they've never reached before.

It's powerful stuff and knowing their full capability only goes to make the past mediocrity seem all the more unforgivable as Boysetsfire finally ignites in a blaze of glory.

awesome huh? that one comes from www.montagpress.co.uk cool?