Get This Right, 2009

Both a debut for Daylight and new label Get This Right, Sinking is five tracks of gritty and melodic punk rock in a Hot Water Music vein. Dual gravel-throated/melodic vocals passionately espouse some fairly gloomy lyrics in a sound that’s still pretty raw, but impressive in its dynamics and range. Good things lie ahead.

Fat Wreck, 2009

Throaty, gritty, catchy pop-punk from Minneapolis. It’s not redefining any genres by a long margin, but what it does it does well.

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Bridge Nine, 2009

It’s tough to follow the excellent Sometimes Things Just Disappear, but happily the punk rock quintet’s talent bears out on their sophomore album. The record takes a poppier route, but keeps the same essential landmarks: honesty, invention, urgency, melody, catchiness.