Title: Crisis Artist: Alexisonfire Release Date: 8/22/2006 Label: Distort, Hassle, Teichiku Japan, Vagrant Album Type(s): lyrics/libretto UPCs: 4988004101373, 601091043824, 4260007377819, 5060100661537, 5060100661995, 825996001424, 825996002025, 498800410137 Genre: Rock Style: Post-Hardcore Moods: Acerbic, Atmospheric, Cathartic, Confrontational, Distraught, Dramatic, Earnest, Lively, Passionate, Provocative, Raucous, Searching, Tense/Anxious, Uncompromising, Urgent, Visceral, Volatile, Aggressive, Brooding, Intense Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 1 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Drunks, Lovers, Sinners and Saints
2. This Could Be Anywhere in the World
3. Mailbox Arson
4. Boiled Frogs
5. We Are the Sound
6. You Burn First
7. We Are the End
8. Crisis
9. Keep It on Wax
10. To a Friend
11. Rough Hands

Year Type Label Catalog # 2007 CD Distort 08 2007 CD Teichiku Japan 21375 2006 CD Distort 09 2006 CD Hassle 016 2006 CD Vagrant 438

Crisis [Bonus DVD]

Sitting a head above their peers in the emo/post-hardcore scene of the 2000s, Alexisonfire get better with each release. Now a muscular force to be reckoned with, Crisis is the band's best album yet. The guys don't sound like an emo act trying to earn its tough-guy stripes through spastic freakouts or rubbing their vocal cords as raw as humanly possible. Instead, they fully embrace the glory of post-hardcore with aggression, passion, and a controlled intensity that pushes their playing, singing, and yes, screaming, to the limit, but not without direction or need. Chaos is in balance on Crisis, from the multi-vocalist dynamics and driving rhythms to the pummeling drumbeats and spiraling guitars. Even the "this is where we scream bloody murder and this is where we sing" components are seamlessly pieced together, building upon -- or bouncing off of -- one another without disjointed headache-inducing results. Vocals are much of what stands out, namely the power and maturity behind main vocalists George Pettit and Dallas Green's strong deliveries, while the band channels the vigor of acts like Thrice and Rise Against without sounding cheap or derivative. Particularly in moments of rousing exhilaration is the latter group suggested, as in the invigorating "Boiled Frogs" and especially "We Are the End." The opening force of "Drunks, Lovers, Sinners and Saints" recalls the throaty power of Hot Water Music before slipping into a very Thrice-like chorus that challenges, "Are you even listening?/Are you pretending that your heart's in the right place?" Setting the album's overall tone, it's a song that immediately commands attention with earnest, forthright conviction proclaiming, "Alright, this is from our hearts/Sincerity over simple chords/We made some mistakes...but it's a long time coming when you're giving it everything." Alexisonfire embrace the drive and explosiveness of their past to fully come into their own on Crisis -- an album that's the polar opposite of an actual disaster. ~ Corey Apar, All Music Guide

Name Credits Brent Withcomb Assistant Engineer, Mixing Christopher Steele Bass, Group Member Dallas Green Vocals, Piano, Group Member, Guitar Gared O'Donnell Vocals Garnet Armstrong Design George Pettit Vocals, Group Member Giancarlo Gallo Assistant Engineer, Digital Editing Joao Carvalho Mastering Jordan Hastings Drums, Group Member Julius "The Juice" Butty Producer, Vocals Marco Bressette Editing Nick Blagona Engineer Scott Russell Clapping, Vocals Wade MacNeil Guitar, Group Member, Vocals