This Painted Red - 2004 - My Last Dying Wish - (Reviewed)

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1) Paper Cuts And Porcelain Dolls

2) A Dozen Dead Roses

3) Ever Wonder What A Broken Heart Sounds Like? (Ever Wonder 2004)
4) Long Short While
5) In A Lonely Room

6) Love Song

7) Hate Crisis

8) Everything We Have

9) [Missing] Promises

10) Funeral For My Heart

11) [Missing] Another Wasted Night

12) 7:45 (Because It's Shit Upside Down)

"This Painted Red was one of the first posts on the blog, The Floor It Fell From has always been one of my favorite releases since getting into the Lastfm pipeline. Originally, I found these guys from looking at bands with the tag Mall Emo when I was first getting my roots into post hardcore (I didn't know what Mall Emo even was)... I still have not found a band that captures the sound I'm looking for in the same way that This Painted Red has. It's been a lengthy search in trying to find this release with little to no info online, another victim of the Myspace & Purevolume losses. After many leads turned dead ends and contacts I finally received a hit on my wishlist; 12 tracks (9 more than I originally thought existed) uploaded by Pasha Thrills. Nothing could prepare me for this; I (quite damn literally) went to my car to isolate myself and scream from the excitement I felt. While driving to class tonight I was able to sit and listen at last, and it surpassed my expectations. Hitting on every aspect I praised their 2007 EP for, this release delivers. It's unpolished, sincere, and passionate (I don't know if you notice but I tend to repeat adjectives for these reviews; I'm not Roger Ebert nor do I pretend to be). I hope fellow Dear Diary fans will find this well, I've dreamt of finding this one day and I thought I never would've."

This Painted Red - 2007 - The Floor It Fell From - (Reviewed)

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1) The Floor It Fell From
2) The Union
3) Elevator Talk
4) Pennsylvania 2, Texas 0
5) Ever Wonder
6) What This Is To Us

"Hailing from Grand Rapids, Michigan, this album portrays the coldness of anguish. To some it might seem like just another stagnant mall emo band that'll sit in the back shelf of your library, but I promise you, it'll be hard to forget. Escalating guitars and chilling piano riffs work in tandem with sorrowful vocals to achieve an aimlessly emotional motif. Engaging, tragic, and most importantly, moving. There's not a single song on this album I don't enjoy listening to on a regular basis."