Four Year Strong Review

I've seen Four Year Strong play twice now. Actually, 1.2 times. I walked in on the last song of a set with Bayside.

Let's start with the band's pros: Their album, Rise or Die Trying, mixes hardcore and pop punk perfectly. In fact, it's so perfect that you can find your girlfriend headbanging with hardcore punk fans. Four Year Strong will be playing alongside some amazing bands at the Give It a Name tour this year. They've also been endorsed by Alternative Press magazine as one of the 100 bands you need to know in 2008.

In order for Four Year Strong to reach "great band status," they need to work on sounding great live. Unfortunately (in my 1.2 times of seeing them), they seem to have a hard time balancing melody with hardcore in concert. If Four Year Strong wants to gain more fans while touring, they need to find a balance between sounding catchy and sounding hard.