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The Blood Brothers‘ fourth album, 2004’s Crimes, is getting a new vinyl reissue, due out on October 31 via Epitaph. We have an exclusive “Black & Bone White Marble” pressing, limited to 300 copies. Pre-order yours while they last in the BV shop.
We named Crimes one of the best emo and post-hardcore albums of 2024, and here’s what we wrote about it:
The same month that The Blood Brothers released the instant classic Burn Piano Island, Burn, they got back in the studio (this time with Sleater-Kinney/Bikini Kill producer John Goodmanson) and proved that they clean up good. Crimes is just about as chaotic as its predecessor, but everything sounds a little cleaner and Jordan Blilie and Johnny Whitney’s voices veer closer to what the average person would call “singing,” though cleaning up did not mean watering anything down. Crimes is just as uniquely intense as any Blood Brothers record before it, and when it comes to this album’s political/social commentary, the band did not mince words. Even the softest, quietest moments sound wild, and even the catchiest hooks come entirely out of left field. It sounds as explosive and volatile as the social/political landscape it was responding to, and it manages to sound crisp and controlled too.
The Blood Brothers reunited last year for their first shows in a decade, and you can check out pics and our review of one of the NYC shows here.
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