Editors' Picks: Hostage Calm

Brian: We posted this a while back, but I figured it's good enough to warrant another mention. Connecticut's Hostage Calm released a pretty great four–song demo a few months ago. The band feature just about all of the short–lived At All Costs –– the horn–laden late `80s youth crew–style band, not At All Cost, the weird Texas vocoder–laden metalcore band –– and change it up a bit from their former act, with a more melodic, Dag Nasty–minded approach and light but somewhat Quicksand–esque guitar crunch. You can stream the demo at their above–linked MySpace page, or download the entire thing in a higher quality for free via MediaFire.