Goodwill Insult, Injury, Etc
Published Mar 01, 2005
Long Islands the Goodwill have moved into significantly darker sonic territory since their full-length debut two years ago. Still a pop-punk band at their core, the band sounds less afraid of delving into more uncharted (by most pop-punk bands, at least) waters this time around. Merging with the more brooding sounds of bands like Thursday and Coheed and Cambria, the Goodwill bring those elements to their own simplistic pop-punk songs, making for an interesting listen that sounds remarkably like Ontarios Cauterize, though its unlikely either band has ever heard the other. The vocals of lead singer Brian Barbuto evoke bands likeNew Found Glory and Hot Water Music almost simultaneously, allowing songs like "The Plastic Ones and "The Magic 8 Ball Society to really elevate them from a glut of mediocre, one-note pop-punk.
(Abacus)