Recently relocated to L.A., New Orleans born Battle Alaska sounds a bit like Resident Hero, My Chemical Romance, Against Me, and Atreyu. On the band's debut album,

, Battle Alaska emerges with a signature sound which featuring modern rock infused melodies, frequent feel changes, melodramatic lyrics, and a good amount of screaming. They also manage to keep a continuous narrative throughout the course of the album -- so if you only plan on buying a few songs, you're missing out on the full story!

Check out this review written by Kevin Wierzbicki on Campus Circle.net:

Everyone's a Capulet ... what makes you think you're Juliet?" That clever reference to Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" comes from Battle Alaska's "Everything's Roses," an I've-had-enough-of-your-crap break-up song where about all that's left of the flower is a stem of thorns. That's also a summation of the rest of the lyrical content in this concept album that tells a story far too complicated to go into -- let's just say that it's sort of a scorn-and-retribution tale.

As such, it gives lead singer Zac Woodring lots of opportunities to spit out vitriolic comments like, "It's your nails with French tips as they dig in my skin/It's a message in lipstick, you misspelled 'just friends.'" Woodring plays the putout soul to the hilt, and the songs are arranged perfectly to complement that; thundering with anger here, sobbing with self-pity there.

Whether you figure out the storyline or not, this is good stuff. Grade: A"

Check out this montage of Battle Alaska footage at a skate park in Malibu featuring W.T.F. (

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The Apology Acceptance Speech (

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