HIS HERO IS GONE FIFTEEN COUNTS OF ARSON

Right now i'm listening to His Hero Is Gone. I haven't really listened to them in YEARS but as i'm listening to 15counts of arson and i'm remembering why this shit was awesome back then. See, it was a different scene when I first heard this record. I was going to grindcore ( think: whitebelt) shows and bands like ME AND HIM CALL IT US were rocking Tragedy tattoos and shit. This was like 2005- 2006? Also another band that would name drop them was NIGHTS LIKE THESE but let's forget about them for now. I just heard from these bands about HHIG and went home and found this and listened to it. My mind was blown hearing Rain dance and ...and we burn on a shitty myspace player. I might seem nerdy for saying these things but whatever it really changed my life for the better.

Back to the real subject of this. His Hero Is Gone are awesome. The short songs are awesome and the long songs don't feel long. Why don't more bands follow this formula of playing songs that are full of pretty cool material instead of trying to make their songs hit the three to four minute mark? I don't know but I blame deathwish! The drumming is what I really love about this band. Though the guitars are almost always not too complicated, the simple drumming really ties it all into dirty good ness. God this album feels DIRTY and not in a sexual way lol. The beginning of raindance is so simple and tough sounding. No band right now really pulls off that dirty simple- ness anymore without sounding contrived or at least like they're trying to. HHIG especially on 15 counts of arson come across as honest, honestly dirty, and honestly a crusty bunch of dudes playing fast hard punk.

What blows my mind though is all the losers that I know who love music and want to be in a band that have never heard His Hero Is Gone. What the fuck! What craziness, some bands you just have to like cause they rule HHIG is one of those.

I'm glad I liked this band when I was fifteen cause otherwise i'd be a total loser like everyone else that finds beach punk respectable.