The Holly Springs Disaster come to us from the windswept plains of Saskatchewan, and I guess it is true that everyone wants to leave; The band is a full roster of 5 and spend most of their time touring this new album.

HSD remind me of a few bands, so bear with me on the resemblances. If you put Every Time I Die, Fight Paris, old Killswitch Engage and Funeral For a Friend into a blender (or if you made them all have an orgy, or whatever) then the end result would be these guys. With the right amount of keyboard (not overwhelming like Underoath), breakdowns and clean vocals peppering Motion Sickness Love they create a well-rounded hard-rock record that should please fans of any of the aforementioned groups.

I know what you’re thinking, but there is space in this genre for this mid-western Canadian outfit – the record doesn’t come off as trite, or like they were trying too hard to jump on the bandwagon. Everything fits, the production is top-notch and I can only expect great things to come of The Holly Springs Disaster.