H2O
“Nothing To Prove”
Bridge 9 Records

H2O have returned after a very long hiatus and their fans couldn’t be luckier. Clocking in at just under 30 minutes, “Nothing to Prove” is a potent melding of power punk and mid-90s hardcore, lacking any macho posturing and soaked with infectiously catchy tunes. H2O have never been known as a traditional hardcore act, eschewing the cookie monster vocals favored by their friends and contemporaries. Singer Toby Morse instead enunciates every word of the bands’ insightful lyrics, most of which eulogize about time gone by and expounds on positive attitudes. Read the rest of this entry »

H2O, melodic hardcore heroes from the mid-’90s, have posted the first new song from Nothing To Prove, which is hitting stores through Bridge Nine Records on May 27th, 2008. The album’s opening track, “1995″ is streaming over at their recently renovated and redesigned myspace page.

Nothing To Prove was produced by Chad Gilbert and recorded with famed engineer Paul Miner and it’s a 10-song statement that H2O is indeed back and better than ever. Read the rest of this entry »