SONG: "Better Than All Of Us"
ARTIST: This Is A Standoff
ALBUM: "Be Excited"
YEAR: 2007
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
YEARS ACTIVE: 2007 - 2012
WHAT I THINK THE SONG IS ABOUT:
"Better Than All Of Us" appears to be about having the wool pulled over your eyes. I get the sense that the vocalist is speaking of those in control. Sort of like a haves and have nots type of song where the every day, ordinary people don't have any control.
THIS IS A STANDOFF DISCOGRAPHY (Full length albums only):
2007 - Be Excited (Effervescence/Feuzeul Records)
* did not chart on the Billboard 200
2009 - Be Disappointed (Animal Style Records)
* did not chart on the Billboard 200
MY THOUGHTS ON THIS IS A STANDOFF:
This Is A Standoff is a band from Calgary, Alberta in Canada who got their start back in 2007. The band formed out of the ashes of the band Belvedere. The band's debut full length album was released in 2007, called "Be Excited". They followed that up with their sophomore full length, "Be Disappointed" in 2009. The band's most recent release was an EP in 2011 titled "Be Delighted". The band announced their break-up in 2012 stating that This Is A Standoff was always considered a side project for the band members involved. Though the band hasn't recorded anything since 2011, they have performed live on occasion after their break-up, most recently playing in Europe in 2018. They have also been releasing all their albums on vinyl and have been actively shopping those albums on their Facebook page. These guys definitely play a brand of fast, technical style punk rock similar to that of A Wilhelm Scream. I definitely found out about these guys through the dyingscene.com website. I've never been much of a Belvedere fan but This Is A Standoff was right in my wheelhouse when it came to punk rock music. It's a shame the guys only saw this band as a side project cuz I thought there was definitely some potential here.
SIMILAR ARTISTS:
Much The Same
A Wilhelm Scream
No Trigger
Strung Out
Pulley
TEN THIS IS A STANDOFF SONGS YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT:
1. Better Than All Of Us
2. Graveyards
3. We're Really Doing It
4. The Light Is Still On In Broadmoor
5. Dream Beater
6. Everything We Take
7. You Won't Pass
8. The Enlightened One
9. Face The Sun
10. Silvio
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