A Different Shade of Blue
| Knocked Loose
A Different Shade of Blue
Knocked Loose is an American hardcore punk band from Oldham County, Kentucky, formed in 2013 and currently signed to Pure Noise Records. The band released its first studio album, Laugh Tracks, on September 16, 2016 through Pure Noise Records. Wikipedia
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Decibel
Blue is not quite the genre-shattering record it’s touted as, but it’s a well-crafted and resonant hardcore album, and that’s enough to make it stand out.
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NME
‘A Different Shade Of Blue’ is a thrill from start to finish, with the Kentucky quintet taking a step up in every sense.
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KERRANG!
Kentucky hardcore mob Knocked Loose go off like a bomb on incendiary second album.
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RiFF
This collection of ragers scarcely wastes a breath as it constructs a sonic pillar of mosh soundtracks specially built to crush the listener. Each musician is meticulous in molding the band’s aural intensity.
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Dying Scene
It’s wild and unhinged, noisy and loud—but with a strong sense of rhythmic hooks, both in their vocal lines and riffage.
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Metal Trenches
A relentlessly slam-heavy album that's more of the same, but ups on the energy and the riffs.
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Kill Your Stereo
-a wicked, energetic hardcore/metalcore record that sees them being more confronting, passionate and violent sounding than ever before.
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New Transcendence
Catchy, crushing, immolating and completely true to what made the act a household name, A Different Shade of Blue is an excellent example of raw heaviness with an introspective and intelligent twist that is bound to make countless album-of-the-year lists come December.
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Wall of Sound (AU)
It is their most personal collection of songs yet, with vocalist Brian Garris reaching deep into his senses and out of that comes deep emotion accompanied by some of the heaviest riffs we’ve heard from the band.
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Distorted Sound
Perhaps the true genius of this album though is that the band manage to expand their musical canvas without straying away from their greatest characteristics.
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Rock 'N' Load
-without a doubt one of the best hardcore albums in years.
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Exclaim!
On A Different Shade of Blue, Knocked Loose elaborate on their most primal aversions with memorable passages in subtle, yet striking songwriting.
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Dead Press (UK)
If you thought metallic hardcore needed some shaking up, ‘A Different Shade Of Blue’ does just that.
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New Noise
There is not a single moment on A Different Shade of Blue that’s not packed to the brim with musical (and thematic!) brutality, and the perfectly over-the-top bluntness feels ridiculously refreshing.
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Alternative Press
The Kentucky hardcore group took their time to create the devastatingly great new album that is ‘A Different Shade Of Blue.’
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Punktastic
-when unleashed, oozes from the speakers, creeps into your ears and surges through your entire body.
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Ghost Cult
A Different Shade of Blue (Pure Noise) is only going to further entrench these gentlemen into the hearts of slam dancers and tough guys alike.
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Hysteria
In truth, what Knocked Loose have crafted here is a full-throttle heavy assault on the senses. It’s a distinct evolution of the band’s hardcore and metal influences; both a leaner, meaner and vastly more pitiless beast.
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