Endgame's new EP sounds pretty promising. These Jersey boys are proud of their heritage—one rich in the mastery of heartfelt hardcore. It's not exactly my cup of tea, but I don't drink tea anyway!

Endgame's music isn't heavy or confrontational, but it's honest. Their lyrics are ambivalent, and the guitars are all melodic and arpeggiotic. Anthemic, yea. Emotional, sure. Emo? I don't know, man. But I don't think any emo bands can rip through five songs in eleven minutes.

Lemme put it to you this way. I saw a picture of an Endgame show, and there was a kid in a Kill Your Idols shirt up front while the kid in the Blink 182 shirt was getting tossed around. Check it out for yourself: http://www.getouttatownrecords.com/Media/Pics/Endgame/singalong3.jpg

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