Sons of liberty - Join or die (2007)

Tracklist:
01. Justice denied
02. Join or die
03. All that counts
04. Lockout
05. Lets go phantoms
06. Foolkiller
07. Porter
08. Up on the roof
09. Same old
10. Washington square
11. Anti-trust
12. Middle aged Oi!
13. December
14. One of us
15. Salut piggy

Released by Dim records in 2007.

Prior to this album Steve left the band and was replaced by Kevin (who also left right after this album) and Mike was replaced by Darryl on drums.
Dont know what has happened to Lon on this album but i actually like his singing but i think its beacause he articulates the words more now.
Two tracks dedicated to hockey on this album, on Lets go phantoms they shout out there love for the Philadelphia Phantoms and use supporterchants without making it sound cheesy.
Before this release they released a 4-track EP called Justice denied through American Defence that are all featured on this album and one of those songs are Up on the roof that is my favourite track of the bunch.
To bad they disbanded the group when it started to sound good but the fact that they in september this year made a reunion show (though Bob was missing on bass) gives me some hope to hear something new and better.
7/10

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Sons of liberty - Border brawl (2002)

Tracklist:
01. In memorium
02. Sons of liberty
03. Border brawl
04. Antietam
05. Roll call
06. Slum river (Arresting Officers cover)
07. We shall meet again
08. Palmetto
09. Minutemen
10. Dutys call
11. Black tuesday
12. Youre so dumb (Skrewdriver cover)

Released by Dim Records in 2002.

More lyrics about the civil war and more headaches from Lon's attempt to sing.
The selftitled track and Palmetto might be good tracks but on the rest its absolutely impossible to decifer what the hell he is trying to sing about.
This could surrely be a great album if they got a new vocalist.
This is a record i would rather just ignore and so should you.
4/10

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Sons of liberty - We shall meet again 7'' (2001)

Tracklist:
01. We shall meet again
02. December
03. The rogue's march
04. Dutys call

Released by Dim Records in 2001.

A philly based band formed in 2000 by Steve & Bob from Arresting officers and Limecell.
They took their bandname from a band off citizen soldiers fighting for liberty against the British army during the civil war. Basing a lot of their lyrics around the civil war and using coverart from the same war so you know what to expect from this band.
This is a band that i would like to worship but i never really got into thanks to their first singer Lon's voice. He uses that tired growl style when he sings that 95% fails to succed with.

Its nice to hear Steve and Bob play some more laidback riffs in mid-tempo after the speed-devil sound of Limecell. All lyrics on this album are great but thanks to Lon's voice its hard to hear them. I have all lyrics from the album in the download so check them out.
6/10

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Limecell and Sons of liberty - AO tribute Split 7'' (2005)

Tracklist:
01. Limecell - Evil has landed (Arresting officers cover)
02. Sons of liberty - Slum river (Arresting officers cover)

Released by Dim Records in 2005.

This is a wierd album to say the least. This is basically the same band with different drummer and vocalist in all three. As metioned before Steve and Bob used to play guitar and bass in Arresting officers and after the breakup of the band they started Limecell and around 2001 they started the band Sons of liberty as another project.
It feel a lot like singing "happy birthday" for yourself but its nice to see that they are not ashamed off their earlier musical roots.

Limecells side is the better one (since i always liked Kevins vocals better then Lon's) but i dont understand their changing off the lyics. They make a song about illegal immigrants and replace the word immigrant with terrorists. I dont understand nothing since the last time i checked terrorists didnt undermine the security off the workingmans rights or leech off taxmoney. They are often somewhat financially stable lunatics that like to blow things up.
If this is some kind off way to cash in on the "war on terror" i think its a stupid move but great cover anyway. Fun to hear Kevins voice to this old classic.
Sons of liberty covers one off my favourite tracks but thanks to Lon's voice it sounds like rubbish. This band has some great songs but not this track.

(Update March 2010) By accident Dim records added a track by Hated and proud instead of SOL's song. This mistake resulted in 3 ugly (but from what i have heard great sounding) copies from the testpressing. After noticing the mistake the SOL track was added and this was the result. As you might understand i would really like to get my hands on one off these 3 testprintings so if you have it e-mail me.
6/10

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