Hopefully though, the tide turns and Roll’n With The Punches gets the band some well deserved attention. After all, they certainly have learned how to roll with the punches.

Following last year’s “Top To Bottom,” Philadelphia’s power trio On Top return with a new EP entitled “Topless” (are you sensing a theme here?) set for digital release on July 9th via Toil Records. A release date for the CD version will be announced at a later date. “Topless” was recorded at Tribe Sound Studios in West Chester, Pennsylvania, engineered by Brian Davis, and mix/mastered by Chris “The Wizard” Collier (KXM, Lynch Mob).

It’s been nearly six years since we’ve heard from New York State’s The Monochrome Cherubs, but I suspect they’ve been busy concocting their fourth release, Pure Grinding Sparkle. And it seems different from previous material. Their sound seems more stripped down and raw, perhaps to a more garage band feeling. The guitars are sharp with riffs strong and cutting like a machete, the leads even more anxious and rousing. You get this from the start especially through the first four songs, and definitely later with Someone Else’s Dream and Your Last Chance.