Mutiny

I only just heard these guys recently when 'echos' was played on the radio, obviously to promote this two CD re-release and I have to say they impressed me.The track 'echos' has an interesting structure and nice melodic elements along with catchy dual vocals that set it apart from alot of tracks, also the lyrics are suprisingly wise for a young band. The other tracks are similar sounding but not as good in my opinion, but still worth listening to. The biggest downside is the recording quality, which sounds like it was mastered on tape or some other low budget way, and suprisingly the demo tracks on the second CD seem to be of a better quality. It would be nice if they could have been remastered, but this quality is better than not hearing them at all.I will certainly be listening for some new tracks from these guys.

I do love my music. I do enjoy my Set Your Goals. I do not enjoy listening to my music underwater. As I listened to this album I realized that I must have had cotton in my ears. The muffled recording was downloaded to my computer, was listened to once through before being completely deleted due to its horrible, dreadful recording quality. Secondly when the case arrived from the supplier it didn't so much contain a case as much as containing the pulverised remains of the cd case. Something is wrong here.

The Up Side: Melodic hardcore pop-punk (emphasis on the pop and punk) the way New Found Glory used to do it before hitting the big time. Mutiny's first single of the same name is instantly memorable, and We Do It For The Money, OBVIOUSLY is a punk rock gem (52 seconds in length, and not a single moment wasted). To be honest, most of the material on Mutiny! is as enjoyable as it's first single, making the entire record a complete and rewarding listen.The Down Side: Mutiny! is too short! 9 songs, 2 intros and 28 minutes simply isn't enough for an LP, even if most of the material is stellar. A couple more songs would have rounded things out nicely.The Flip Side: Those who hate pop-punk will be impressed with Set Your Goals' authentic hardcore influence. Those who hate Hardcore may be drawn in by the pop sensibility this band embraces. It's a win, win situation.The Conclusion: Set Your Goals are quickly becoming a favorite at your local record store and web zine, so go ahead and give them a try. If pop-punk/hardcore is your thing, and you miss NFG, what have you got to lose?The End.

Set Your Goals is a Pop-Punk band with Hardcore influences, hailing from California, and calling Eulogy Records home (at this moment in time). In 2004, they released the highly appreciated "Reset" EP in which they mixed hardcore and pop-punk to form a sound not heard at all in the scene right now. Many people may be ignorant and say that "Set Your Goals sounds like every band around right now", which is very untrue. Set Your Goals are doing something different, something that hasn't been heard in years, since the days of (old) Blink 182, New Found Glory, and Lifetime. With the release of this year's full length "Mutiny!", Set Your Goals stick to their guns and come out with one of, if not the best album of the year, in my humble opinion.The album starts of with the song "Work In Progress", which features an acoustic beginning, and then gradually rising in tempo and intensity and turns into a fast paced opener, with spoken vocals and moral like lyrics. ("..because life is about doing the process and not the result"). One of my favorite components of this album is what I like to call "transition songs". The tracks "Dead Men Tell No Tales" "Don't Let This Win Over You" and even "Work In Progress" into "We Do It For The Money, Obviously!" all showcase this introduction of some sort, to the next full track, that get you all pumped up and excited for the following number, which I love. The middle tracks ("Mutiny" "This Song Is Definitely Not About A Girl" "An Old Book Misread" "This Very Moment") all contain lyrics aimed at big corporations, and major labels, giving a psued0-speech to them, and how they will not "ruin" the band or make them "sell out". Now as these topics may seem childish and quite played out, Set Your Goals does it well, and wants you to have fun and focus not on the depth of the lyrics but the energy they give off. "This Very Moment", a track released earlier in the year as a demo, is one of the best songs on the album, and really shows what Set Your Goals is all about. Intensity, energy, gang vocals, and even a breakdown.One thing that intrigues me about this album is that the ending to it is the best part. As I have seen throughout the year so far, many of the albums released have their best tracks at the beginning and then fade out towards the end, which really turns me off when listening to an album. "To Be Continued..." many listeners favorite song, has one of the best melodies of the year, and you can't help but sing-a-long to the song...all...day. The album ends with the track "Echoes" also one of the best songs on the album, and also released earlier in the year as a demo. The "da, da, da, da, da" ending to this track reminds me of classic Blink-182 and New Found Glory tracks which is a breath of fresh air. With the recent success of My Chemical Romance, The Used, Underoath, and other such bands, showcasing an image greatly accepted amongst today's youth, Set Your Goals provides us with something fun, new, catchy, fresh, energetic, and everything in between.The production on the album is pretty good, and definitely adds to the quality of the album, although I would've liked to hear a bit rawer sound than what is given. The demos of the tracks on the album were better than the finished products in my opinion, which is the only complaint I really have about this album. One other thing is how short the album is, but this doesn't really get on my nerves too bad because that is the style of music that Set Your Goals plays, and this allows them to do that. If you have a passion for music, and want something fun for the summer, and quite good, then pick this album up. I understand that you might not like it as much as I do, and might not think it's the best album or one of the best album's of the year, but I'm almost positive you will like it. Just sit back, relax, grab a glass of lemonade, and listen to this album, and try not to dance, sing, or bob along to one song, and if you can't, well then you must be lying, or have some type of disease or something.

this is definitely one of the better releases to come out this year. not only is it fun to listen to but the lyrics are positive and the band actually stands for something. there is a fairly poppy sound to this but i would put set your goals more with the likes of lifetime than i would a band like fall out boy. its lasting power remains to be seen, but at the very least it certainly is a very nice breath of fresh air in an independent music scene currently full of negativity and kids more concerned with their swoop haircut than the music. a worthy purchase if you enjoy the amalgamation of pop sensibilities and catchy hardcore.

this is a very good and catchy album, i would call this Catchy Hardcore Punk/Pop-Punk (American collage punk sorta thing) it has a good mixture of the faster pop-punk/Hardcore Punk stuff and the slower pop-punk stuff. its a Defo album for fans of Blink 182, Casey Jones and a Day To Remember)

Grad erst das Demo auf Eulogy/Alveran in den Händen bzw. Ohren gehabt und nun liegt schon das volle Album "Mutiny" vor (Streetdate: 14.07.2006). Die Jungs haben Set Your Goals im Jahr 2004 gegründet und sind nun schon mit einem vollen Album am Start und dann noch auf einem der drallsten Labels, Hut ab von den US-Amerikanern.Nun, seit dem Demo hat sich nicht viel geändert und die Jungs machen immer noch das was sie am besten können, Lifetime-infizierter-Punkrock-Abgeh-Core. Bin ich bis vor kurzem nach Jahren trauern über das Ausscheiden von Lifetime hinweg (angeblich gibt es in den USA bald wieder ein Konzert von den Jungs!!!) kommt nun Set Your Goals daher und berauschen mich bis aufs letzte Quäntchen. Der Sechser sind eine positive Hardcore Punk Band die einfach den 1000 Taking Back Sunday Klons mal gehörig in den Arsch tritt und die Richtung aufzeigt.Alternativ Press sagt zu Set Your Goals: "Top 100 Bands to look out for in 2006". Die sechs jungen Männer bieten einfach alles was man(n) bzw. Frau brauch; d.h. Catchy Hooks, vernünftige Texte, rockige Songs, Sing-a-longs,..Besonders einprägend ist der zweistimmige Gesang und dieses Wechselspiel ist einfach erste Sahne und können mich daher für sich gewinnen. Set Your Goals bringen eine Spielfreude an den Tag, wie einst Beckenbauer bei seiner ersten Weltmeisterschaft, einfach der Burner. OK, nichts Neues, aber sonst der absolute Oberhammer. Für Fans von Bands wie New Found Glory, Lifetime, Blink 182, Strike Anywhere,... (Jean/fomp.de_06.2006)