A VOICE LIKE RHETORIC (ON TOUR)

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What happens when listenability meets originality, and a band creates for the sake of intelligent expression? A Voice Like Rhetoric, four gentlemen inhabiting North Western Pennsylvania, has dug deep and found their niche in a sub-generalized genre of a music scene. They have been described as technical/ post hardcore/ math rock. With such influences as; At the Drive-In, Botch, Cursive, Faraquet, Minus the Bear, and Q and Not U, A Voice Like Rhetoric has started to open both ears and eyes among onlookers. After independently releasing their debut EP, "Why Wicked Words Slip," in 2004, A Voice Like Rhetoric began booking heavily in surrounding regions. They quickly cemented ties in those towns, as well as in cities across the eastern seaboard. Since then, they have independently booked numerous tours, and have begun building communities wherever their audio and visual stimuli are observed. Recently, A Voice Like Rhetoric has released a 7" vinyl split with the help of A Time And A Place Records, and was featured on a sampler cd which was heavily distributed at the 2006 Vans Warped Tour. Their highly anticipated full length debut, Ethos, now marks an unprecedented new outlook of writing music for A Voice Like Rhetoric. Ethos is a mix of technical and harmonizing guitar work, fast tempoed percussion, granular bass tone, and sing-screamy vocals. It is somewhere between thinking differently and composing very unconventionally conventional music. A Voice Like Rhetoric's, Ethos, takes influence and creates extremely listenable originality. Its like a punch in the face.
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Member Since: 6/28/2004
Band Website: avoicelikerhetoric.com is broken!
Band Members: Ross: guitar/ vocals
Erik: guitar/ vocals
Justin: bass
Nick : drums

Influences: At the Drive-In
Botch
Cursive
Tabula Rasa
Modest Mouse
Kill Sadie
Rescue
Faraquet
Converge
Minus The Bear
Q and Not U
Radiohead
Black Flag
Smashing Pumpkins
Rage Against the Machine
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Foo Fighters
Beck
The Police
The Cure
Rush
Jimmy Hendrix

Sounds Like: It's like a punch in the face, I'm talkin about time changes bro!

Alternative Press
Face it: Math rock is hard. And these guys make it look obscenely easy.

Absolutepunk.net
The debut full length from PA rockers A Voice Like Rhetoric is an impressive foray into the world of math rock. Conveying a new level of technicality and pop sensibility, Ethos is one of the most accessible contributions to the genre, simultaneously pleasing fans of The Fall Of Troy and Senses Fail. Despite the range of comparative bands, A Voice Like Rhetoric manage to mold their influences into something both catchy as hell and wholly their own.

Substream Music Press
Be sure to get on the band wagon (no lame pun intended) and check out this band before theyâ€™re the next big thing at your local high school.

Punknews.org
They're certainly part of a small group of bands, but ones that search for a little more, within a scene largely dismissed for repetition and unoriginality.

Decoymusic.com
A Voice Like Rhetoric is somewhere between the math rock stylings of Norma Jean and Look Mexico (Yes, thatâ€™s a pretty large gap) and will most likely draw comparisons to The Fall Of Troy. Basically they borrow from the screamo and math rock genres to form a sound that is user friendly as far as techs and scenesters are concerned.
Record Label: Missive Media
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Connect I Cut

Not sure the last time we gave everyone an update on what's going on but we are still out on tour right now, hanging out in Danbury, CT for the moment. NY was a blast and thank you to the good people ...
Posted by A VOICE LIKE RHETORIC (ON TOUR) on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 04:12:00 PST

tour.2

It's very late here at Finger Lakes Community College but we are in good company at our buddy Doug's Apt. The last two weeks of shows have been really really good and some not so good. But that is lif...
Posted by A VOICE LIKE RHETORIC (ON TOUR) on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:19:00 PST

Greetings from Dayton, OH

We are hanging out in Dayton, OH right now at our old pal Lokie's house. Check out Lokie's band The Sound For Language on myspace as soon as you get done reading this.Akron was a blast and the dudes a...
Posted by A VOICE LIKE RHETORIC (ON TOUR) on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 01:46:00 PST

A Voice Like Rhetoric makes friends with METAL HAMMER

London based music zine, Metal Hammer, have been gracious enough to run an article on AVLR in their upcoming issue. They are some really swell guys and we really appreciate them taking such a huge int...
Posted by A VOICE LIKE RHETORIC (ON TOUR) on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 09:51:00 PST

Warped Tour 2007

Hello from Canton, Illinois! We just found out today that we are going to be playing the Ernie Ball stage in Pittsburgh for this year's Warped Tour. We are all pretty pumped about it. Thanks to any...
Posted by A VOICE LIKE RHETORIC (ON TOUR) on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 09:41:00 PST

An Important Announcment!

Hey dudes and dudettes. Today we are proud to announce that we are signing with MISSIVE MEDIA. Missive Media is an independent record label based out of Pittsburgh PA. So, for those...
Posted by A VOICE LIKE RHETORIC (ON TOUR) on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 08:29:00 PST

ATTN: Promoters and show organizers

If people promote correctly, you don't need to sell tickets for DIY shows. They definitely defeat the purpose of having a DIY show and the sense of community that comes along with them. We do not want...
Posted by A VOICE LIKE RHETORIC (ON TOUR) on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 01:33:00 PST

Check us out in Alternative Press!

Hey boys and girls. We are going to be featured in the next issue of Alternative Press as an "Unsigned Band of the Month" in the AP&R section. I do not get the magazine regul...
Posted by A VOICE LIKE RHETORIC (ON TOUR) on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 10:48:00 PST

AVLR Christmas/ holiday

It's funny that whenever anyone asks how your Christmas/ holiday was, your reply by listing the things you received. Now to carry on the phatic tradition, here is the rundown on how ours went. Erik go...
Posted by A VOICE LIKE RHETORIC (ON TOUR) on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 01:40:00 PST

Check us out in SUBSTREAM Magazine!

There will be an article about us in the next coming issue of SUBSTREAM Music Press magazine. Substream is an up and coming zine that just started pretty recently. It i...
Posted by A VOICE LIKE RHETORIC (ON TOUR) on Sun, 17 Dec 2006 11:30:00 PST