The Transit War

NORTH PARK indie rockers the Transit Battle certainly are a melodic post-hardcore quartet that’s not whiny or self-involved enough to be looked at emo, nor sufficiently enamored of technique more than songwriting to attract the post-rock chops fetishists. A little more aggressive and much less poppy than either the Weakerthans or Modest Mouse, the Transit Battle are nonetheless section of that end from the present-day indie rock and roll picture, favoring low-key but complex melodies and limited, sometimes jittery rhythms. An early on lineup from the music group first created in 2001, but by enough time the Transit Battle released a self-titled D.We.Y. demonstration EP the next year, the very first steady lineup of the group experienced coalesced around business lead vocalist and guitarist Jim Hughes and bassist Mike Frey, adding business lead guitarist Anthony Levas and drummer Bernie Tiano. Nevertheless, by enough time the Transit Battle began documenting with maker Joe Marlett (who experienced previously caused blink-182 and Queens from the Rock Age, in addition to smaller rings like Relient K and Fenix TX) in 2004, Levas and Tiano have been changed by guitarist Jaime Solis and drummer Brad Bohensky; this lineup released their debut recording ¡Ah Discordia! around the small indie Harbor Information in early 2005. A video for the album’s standout monitor “Kerosene” received considerable airplay on MTV’s collegiate digital wire network MTVu, increasing the Transit War’s profile plenty of to sign using the Orange Peal label, which reissued ¡Ah Discordia! in early 2006. The Transit War’s second recording, Miss THAT PERSON, premiered in nov 2006, preceded from the 1st single “Sheep IN YOUR MIND.”