SONG: "I Don't Believe You"
ARTIST: Vinnie Caruana
ALBUM: "Survivor's Guilt"
YEAR: 2016
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Long Island, New York
YEARS ACTIVE: 1997 - present
WHAT I THINK THE SONG IS ABOUT:
Here's what Vinnie Caruana said "I Don't Believe You" is about. "I Don't Believe You' is a celebration of wisdom. With age, I've gained wisdom and the ability to see through the bullshit. I don't have time to waste on dishonesty, cruelty, pettiness, or the unreliable. Life is too utterly precious and short. The title is a nod to my favorite band The Magnetic Fields. Liberty from bullshit in 2016? One can only hope."
VINNIE CARUANA DISCOGRAPHY (Full length albums only):
2016 - Survivor's Guilt (Equal Vision Records)
* did not chart on the Billboard 200
2020 - Live At The Black Heart (Big Scary Monsters Records)
* did not chart on the Billboard 200
MY THOUGHTS ON VINNIE CARUANA:
Vinnie Caruana got his start in music in 1997. The Long Island, New York product fronted the highly influential New York band The Movielife from 1997 till 2003 when they disbanded. More to come on that later. After The Movielife, Caruana went on the form the band I Am The Avalanche who is still active to the present day. He went on to front a short lived west coast band called Peace'd Out as well. Around 2013, Caruana began to perform solo acoustic shows, mostly around New York at first. This led to his first solo release, an EP called "City By The Sea". In 2016, he released his debut solo full length album, "Survivor's Guilt". Most recently, he released another EP in 2019 called "Aging Frontman" and also put out a live album in 2020 called "Live At The Black Heart". Caruana has also been fronting a new hardcore band called Constant Elevation. Vinnie Caruana is very well respected in hardcore punk circles, especially in the New York and New Jersey area. His first band, The Movielife, has been a major influence to bands like Thursday, Bayside and Polar Bear Club to name a few. The Movielife has actually reunited and put out an album 2017 much to the delight of their longtime fans. Caruana is super busy as all his other projects are active, maybe with the exception of the short lived Peace'd Out. And when they aren't active, he's doing his solo thing. I first learned of Vinnie Caruana from The Movielife. The song "Jamestown" makes many a playlist of mine to this day. Killer song. It was Caruana's second band, I Am The Avalanche, that I really fell in love with though. I love that band!! His solo stuff is a branch off of those two bands' sound but more of an acoustic and experimental vibe to them. Caruana is an awesome frontman and songwriter and as I said earlier, a highly influential figure in punk rock circles.
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TEN VINNIE CARUANA SONGS YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT:
1. We Don't Have To Die Alone
2. Kingwood
3. I Don't Believe You
4. Survivor's Guilt
5. Burn It Down
6. To Be Dead And In Love
7. Providence
8. Better
9. Somehow The World Keeps Turning
10. Sick Down To My Heart
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