Fifth Hour Hero
"Not Revenge…. Just a Vicious Crush"
No Idea Records
www.fifthhourhero.com
www.noidearecords.com



Releasing "Not Revenge... Just a Vicious Crush," Canadian indie punkers Fifth Hour Hero
have put out another solid album. Driving guitars, lyrics about heartache and dirty deeds, dueling
male and female vocals, this album has all the things you would expect from Fifth Hour Hero.
They have refined their noise a bit more, exploring different avenues, mixing the quieter,
spit filled, breakdowns with chanting rock anthem choruses, and the album sounds like a
good rock record - thanks to recording from Ronny Cates of Rec Room and Derron Nuhfer of
Less Than Jake - with heavy bass, fuzzy guitars and straining vocals.

Fifth Hour Hero has always sounded like a mix between Propagandhi and Hot Water Music,
with a little extra sugary pop sprinkled on, and "Not Revenge…" still sounds like that, but this
time out all the tracks hit. The album is good enough to put on repeat, because it just keeps
rolling. The high tempo drums, the hot licks and power chords, the catchy choruses, it just keeps
going. None of these songs are outstanding - the strongest efforts are probably the opener
"Playing Politics" which is about the scum and skewed standards in Hollywood and the closer
"Burning the Fields Down" a song about isolation which has a lovely personal vocal delivery
from guitarist/vocalist Genevieve Tremblay and has a warm and lonely feel - but each song
is solid and none is bad.

This is the 7th release from Fifth Hour Hero - their third full-length album, scattered with
some splits with Gunmoll the Saint-Catherines and No Choice - and they are touring
Canada now to support it.

Reviewed by : Mike Hammer