Dead Poetic

Dead Poetic live in the land of machine gun drums, gut-scraping vocals and contradictions: they scream in between lyrics so clear and easy they could be mistaken for alternative instead of punk rock. But it's an enjoyable little identity crisis. Listen more closely and you'll find strongly redemptive -- and often brilliant -- lyrics. Consistently aggressive guitars smooth over the opposing influences, shuttling their debut album's video of "August Winterman" to MTV2 success.