NewsDecember 12, 2006 7:26 PM ET5,196 views

Facedown Records signs Means

Facedown Records has signed Canadian post-hardcore band Means. Facedown owner Jason Dunn comments: "The main thing that stuck out for me was the quality of the songwriting and the 'real' sounding vocals that are sung with passion. Matt has an incredible voice with a lot of melody but also a power that most singers today don’t have. The balance of Matt and Dylan's vocals complement each other greatly and the music behind it all is as tight as it could be." Dylan Johnstone (vocalist) had this to say about the deal: “Facedown is the perfect label to break us into the American scene. I know we'll get along great. When I hear [the name] 'Facedown' I think 'integrity' and I can't wait to get on the road with that name behind us!" Means has previously released a full-length ("In Red Grace" - Lonely Tree Records) and a four-song EP ("More Than Watchmen for the Morning" - Torque Records). The group's new album, "Sending You Strength," was recorded and engineered by John Paul Peters (Comeback Kid, Every New Day) and will see a March 6, 2007 release. In the interim, you can listen to some of their older material here.

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vdburns 12/12/2006 4:28:53 PM

Instead of moshing it up for JC we can emote in his name instead. Facedown is full of shit christcore moshmoshmosh bullshit. Way to "expand".

Mike 12/12/2006 4:32:20 PM

first first post

xjaggedvisionsx 12/12/2006 5:09:50 PM

yeah, are they fcked up loser fundamentalist creationists like the rest of facedown? facedown is a fcking joke, fck this label, fck their politics, fck their religion, and fck every band on their stupid piece of shit roster...except figure 4.

likeatonabricks 12/12/2006 5:29:56 PM

post hardcore still exists????

homothug 12/12/2006 5:38:25 PM

lable has gone to complete shit

razorbladeabortion 12/12/2006 5:46:34 PM

godcore

scenepoints 12/12/2006 6:03:29 PM

label was already shit, so you can't go to shit when you were already there...

optimus_prime 12/12/2006 6:12:53 PM

it honestly sounds better than flee the seen or whatever that other band is called.

TheEyesofGod 12/12/2006 6:34:08 PM

i love the hipocrisy in xjaggedvisionsx's post....fck the label fck the bands, fck this fck that oh yeah except figure 4.

Raw_Mike 12/12/2006 6:37:40 PM

These cats are actually personal friends of mine, and they're all really down to earth, non-judgmental, and humble. It's a rare thing to find in a Christian, and hopefully people learn from their example.

Hopeless 12/12/2006 6:56:13 PM

I love Means. Great band, fun to watch, and the nicest guys you will ever meet.

TonyVictory 12/12/2006 8:38:24 PM

And on the 7th day jesus said let there be post christ core and there was

mylittlepony 12/13/2006 4:27:57 AM

I dig it actually dig it. I like the direction Facedown is going in signing their bands.

JimmyChrist 12/13/2006 7:11:02 AM

Some of the best bands are keen on Jesus, though can't say I'm keen on Facedown's non-mosh output, the latter best summed up as 'lolz gays'

loki 12/13/2006 8:14:32 AM

facedown has signed this band about a dozen times. The same formula: clean guitar parts, "pretty" singing...then the massive chug that makes me cringe. I stopped caring about facedown about 3 years ago. 99% is shit except Figure Four

xjaggedvisionsx 12/13/2006 8:32:49 AM

its hard to be a humble christian, when you lie to people about things you know nothing about, I bet most all of the facedown people are meth-smoking homosexuals.

prettymetal 12/13/2006 8:42:14 AM

when i think of facedown I dont think of integrity, I think of morons who are dying to keep this chugchug shit going...get over it, it's dead...move on...

machines 12/13/2006 1:40:53 PM

booooooournss

whitelambpowergoat 12/13/2006 2:19:04 PM

hometown boys. i didnt know they were christian though. fck them.

prettymetal 12/13/2006 2:56:57 PM

^^they probably weren't a christian band until they had a chance to 'sign' with facedown...

xvegeedgex 12/13/2006 7:32:11 PM

FACEDOWN-IN-A-BIBLE.

dominicon 12/14/2006 9:21:27 PM

BOOOO! dont even have to talk shit about facedown, shockwave is cool (thats it!) the end.




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