Single Review: Excuses Excuses – Frame Of Mind EP

Excuses Excuses are a Candian punk rock influenced trio, two thirds of the line has risen from the ashes of Stained Glass Army to form this new and promising outfit. Frame Of Mind is the bands debut release, it follows their formation earlier this year, and for a debut release released only nine months after they first decided to make some noise together this is a very impressive and accomplished EP.

Frame Of Mind is a five track EP that covers a variety of styles, The Outsider is an anthem for underdogs everywhere, it kicks things off with an impressive chugging riff that builds to an impressive chorus, Alibis continues in a similar vein before Rewind! brings a noticeable change of pace, this is a song that wouldn’t sound out of place on the Foxboro Hot Tubs album. The title track heads into slightly rockier territory before (Is That) What You Meant closing things with an anthemic number that sounds like a bonus track from 21st Century Breakdown.

Excuses Excuses, as I’ve already hinted at, sound like they owe a hefty debt to Green Day, but also to acts like Billy Talent and The Foo Fighters, this is punk rock, but it’s a variety that is infused with elements of power pop, rock and pop punk. Frame Of Mind is a self released EP that manages to embrace the worlds of self released punk rock and the stadium filling end of alternative music, which is quite a feat to pull off when you think about it. This is a very radio friendly EP, and I don’t mean that as any kind of slur, this kind of punk rock is incredibly popular and Excuses Excuses do it very well, it can only be a matter of time before someone picks up on this and they’ll be headed for bigger and better things.

Excuses Excuses Facebook page is here and their Bandcamp is here