Unlimited Streaming
Listen to this album in high quality now on our apps
Start my trial period and start listening to this albumEnjoy this album on Qobuz apps with your subscription
SubscribeEnjoy this album on Qobuz apps with your subscription
Digital Download
Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs.
Seattle-by-way-of-California combo Vendetta Red's Epic debut is a solid, even graceful collection of post-grunge guitar heroics, driving mid-tempo rhythms, and concurrently soaring/searing vocal workouts, the latter courtesy of Roger Daltrey-haired frontman Zach Davidson. The boys are quite convincing on Between the Never and the Now, whether they're channeling the yearning of emo during the child-abuse ballad "Stay Home," boiling down hardcore's aggression and speed to the essentials of a shout-along chorus and shredding chord progression in "Opiate Summer," or turning the trad rock of Travis on its ear with "Seconds Away" and "There Only Is." (Davidson shares more than a little vocal similarity with that band's Fran Healy). Vendetta Red's fabulously triumphant single "Shatterday" is also the best Sunny Day Real Estate rewrite to come along in quite a while. Complete with enormous, guitar-heavy dynamics and a gang vocal breakdown, the track is sure to spark a few lighters at summer 2003's Warped Tour, if the kids still do that kind of thing. "Shatterday" is actually just one of seven songs appearing here that were originally part of White Knuckled Substance, the band's 2001 LP on Seattle indie Loveless. Though the production and mixing of Jerry Finn (Green Day, Sum 41) refuels them with a sick bottom end and plenty of thick six-string mud slinging and clarifies the alternating screech and tear-jerking croon of Davidson's vocals to startling effect, the songs are still basically the same. This is important, because it proves that Vendetta Red had the goods long before Epic and the allure of unlimited studio hours ever came a-calling. Between the Never's new songs aren't too shabby, either. "Lipstick Tourniquets" stands on a patch of ground between arching, angular post-punk and 1950s doo wop, sounding like a Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers side intercut with an old Jesus Lizard noise experiment. Meanwhile, "Caught You Like a Cold"'s roiling lead riff nods to the ax-heavy history of Vendetta Red's adopted hometown. Vendetta Red isn't doing anything spectacularly new with its Epic debut. But strong songwriting, compelling emotion, and the effortless regenerational abilities of youth make Between the Never and the Now a consistently rewarding revisionist rock document.
© Johnny Loftus /TiVo
You are currently listening to samples.
Listen to over 100 million songs with an unlimited streaming plan.
Listen to this playlist and more than 100 million songs with our unlimited streaming plans.
From $17.49/month
Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer - Dylan Kerbrat, Background Vocal - Erik Chapman, Composer - Erik Chapman, Guitar - Erik Chapman, Keyboards - Erik Chapman, Lyricist - Erik Chapman, Vocal - Jeff Suffering, Background Vocal - Jerry Finn, Mixing Engineer - Jerry Finn, Producer - Joe McGrath, Engineer - Joel Brown, Background Vocal - Joesph Childres, Composer - Joesph Childres, Lyricist - Joseph Childres, Drums - Joseph Childres, Vocal - Justin Cronk, Composer - Justin Cronk, Lyricist - Justin Randall Cronk, Guitar - Justin Randall Cronk, Vocal - Kerry Agun, Background Vocal - Michael Aaron Vermillion, Bass - Michael Aaron Vermillion, Vocal - Michael Vermillion, Composer - Michael Vermillion, Lyricist - Vendetta Red, Background Vocal - Vendetta Red, Performer - Zach Davidson, Composer - Zach Davidson, Lyricist - Zachary Harley Davidson, Guitar - Zachary Harley Davidson, Vocal
(P) 2002 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer - Dylan Kerbrat, Background Vocal - Erik Chapman, Composer - Erik Chapman, Guitar - Erik Chapman, Keyboards - Erik Chapman, Lyricist - Erik Chapman, Vocal - Jeff Suffering, Background Vocal - Jerry Finn, Mixing Engineer - Jerry Finn, Producer - Joe McGrath, Engineer - Joel Brown, Background Vocal - Joesph Childres, Composer - Joesph Childres, Lyricist - Joseph Childres, Drums - Joseph Childres, Vocal - Justin Cronk, Composer - Justin Cronk, Lyricist - Justin Randall Cronk, Guitar - Justin Randall Cronk, Vocal - Kerry Agun, Background Vocal - Michael Aaron Vermillion, Bass - Michael Aaron Vermillion, Vocal - Michael Vermillion, Composer - Michael Vermillion, Lyricist - Vendetta Red, Background Vocal - Vendetta Red, Performer - Zach Davidson, Composer - Zach Davidson, Lyricist - Zachary Harley Davidson, Guitar - Zachary Harley Davidson, Vocal
(P) 2002 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer - Dylan Kerbrat, Background Vocal - Erik Chapman, Composer - Erik Chapman, Guitar - Erik Chapman, Keyboards - Erik Chapman, Lyricist - Erik Chapman, Vocal - Jeff Suffering, Background Vocal - Jerry Finn, Mixing Engineer - Jerry Finn, Producer - Joe McGrath, Engineer - Joel Brown, Background Vocal - Joesph Childres, Composer - Joesph Childres, Lyricist - Joseph Childres, Drums - Joseph Childres, Vocal - Justin Cronk, Composer - Justin Cronk, Lyricist - Justin Randall Cronk, Guitar - Justin Randall Cronk, Vocal - Kerry Agun, Background Vocal - Michael Aaron Vermillion, Bass - Michael Aaron Vermillion, Vocal - Michael Vermillion, Composer - Michael Vermillion, Lyricist - Vendetta Red, Background Vocal - Vendetta Red, Performer - Zach Davidson, Composer - Zach Davidson, Lyricist - Zachary Harley Davidson, Guitar - Zachary Harley Davidson, Vocal
(P) 2002 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer - Dylan Kerbrat, Background Vocal - Erik Chapman, Composer - Erik Chapman, Guitar - Erik Chapman, Keyboards - Erik Chapman, Lyricist - Erik Chapman, Vocal - Jeff Suffering, Background Vocal - Jerry Finn, Mixing Engineer - Jerry Finn, Producer - Joe McGrath, Engineer - Joel Brown, Background Vocal - Joseph Childres, Composer - Joseph Childres, Drums - Joseph Childres, Lyricist - Joseph Childres, Vocal - Justin Cronk, Composer - Justin Cronk, Lyricist - Justin Randall Cronk, Guitar - Justin Randall Cronk, Vocal - Kerry Agun, Background Vocal - Michael Aaron Vermillion, Bass - Michael Aaron Vermillion, Vocal - Michael Vermillion, Composer - Michael Vermillion, Lyricist - Vendetta Red, Background Vocal - Vendetta Red, Performer - Zach Davidson, Composer - Zach Davidson, Lyricist - Zachary Harley Davidson, Guitar - Zachary Harley Davidson, Vocal
(P) 2002 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer - Dylan Kerbrat, Background Vocal - Erik Chapman, Composer - Erik Chapman, Guitar - Erik Chapman, Keyboards - Erik Chapman, Lyricist - Erik Chapman, Vocal - Jeff Suffering, Background Vocal - Jerry Finn, Mixing Engineer - Jerry Finn, Producer - Joe McGrath, Engineer - Joel Brown, Background Vocal - Joseph Childres, Composer - Joseph Childres, Drums - Joseph Childres, Lyricist - Joseph Childres, Vocal - Justin Cronk, Composer - Justin Cronk, Lyricist - Justin Randall Cronk, Guitar - Justin Randall Cronk, Vocal - Kerry Agun, Background Vocal - Michael Aaron Vermillion, Bass - Michael Aaron Vermillion, Vocal - Michael Vermillion, Composer - Michael Vermillion, Lyricist - Vendetta Red, Background Vocal - Vendetta Red, Performer - Zach Davidson, Composer - Zach Davidson, Lyricist - Zachary Harley Davidson, Guitar - Zachary Harley Davidson, Vocal
(P) 2002 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer - Dylan Kerbrat, Background Vocal - Erik Chapman, Composer - Erik Chapman, Guitar - Erik Chapman, Keyboards - Erik Chapman, Lyricist - Erik Chapman, Vocal - Jeff Suffering, Background Vocal - Jerry Finn, Mixing Engineer - Jerry Finn, Producer - Joe McGrath, Engineer - Joel Brown, Background Vocal - Joesph Childres, Composer - Joesph Childres, Lyricist - Joseph Childres, Drums - Joseph Childres, Vocal - Justin Cronk, Composer - Justin Cronk, Lyricist - Justin Randall Cronk, Guitar - Justin Randall Cronk, Vocal - Kerry Agun, Background Vocal - Michael Aaron Vermillion, Bass - Michael Aaron Vermillion, Vocal - Michael Vermillion, Composer - Michael Vermillion, Lyricist - Vendetta Red, Background Vocal - Vendetta Red, Performer - Zach Davidson, Composer - Zach Davidson, Lyricist - Zachary Harley Davidson, Guitar - Zachary Harley Davidson, Vocal
(P) 2002 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer - Dylan Kerbrat, Background Vocal - Erik Chapman, Composer - Erik Chapman, Guitar - Erik Chapman, Keyboards - Erik Chapman, Lyricist - Erik Chapman, Vocal - Jeff Suffering, Background Vocal - Jerry Finn, Mixing Engineer - Jerry Finn, Producer - Joe McGrath, Engineer - Joel Brown, Background Vocal - Joesph Childres, Composer - Joesph Childres, Lyricist - Joseph Childres, Drums - Joseph Childres, Vocal - Justin Cronk, Composer - Justin Cronk, Lyricist - Justin Randall Cronk, Guitar - Justin Randall Cronk, Vocal - Kerry Agun, Background Vocal - Michael Aaron Vermillion, Bass - Michael Aaron Vermillion, Vocal - Michael Vermillion, Composer - Michael Vermillion, Lyricist - Vendetta Red, Background Vocal - Vendetta Red, Performer - Zach Davidson, Composer - Zach Davidson, Lyricist - Zachary Harley Davidson, Guitar - Zachary Harley Davidson, Vocal
(P) 2002 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer - Dylan Kerbrat, Background Vocal - Erik Chapman, Composer - Erik Chapman, Guitar - Erik Chapman, Keyboards - Erik Chapman, Lyricist - Erik Chapman, Vocal - Jeff Suffering, Background Vocal - Jerry Finn, Mixing Engineer - Jerry Finn, Producer - Joe McGrath, Engineer - Joel Brown, Background Vocal - Joesph Childres, Composer - Joesph Childres, Lyricist - Joseph Childres, Drums - Joseph Childres, Vocal - Justin Cronk, Composer - Justin Cronk, Lyricist - Justin Randall Cronk, Guitar - Justin Randall Cronk, Vocal - Kerry Agun, Background Vocal - Michael Aaron Vermillion, Bass - Michael Aaron Vermillion, Vocal - Michael Vermillion, Composer - Michael Vermillion, Lyricist - Vendetta Red, Background Vocal - Vendetta Red, Performer - Zach Davidson, Composer - Zach Davidson, Lyricist - Zachary Harley Davidson, Guitar - Zachary Harley Davidson, Vocal
(P) 2002 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer - Dylan Kerbrat, Background Vocal - Erik Chapman, Composer - Erik Chapman, Guitar - Erik Chapman, Keyboards - Erik Chapman, Lyricist - Erik Chapman, Vocal - Jeff Suffering, Background Vocal - Jerry Finn, Mixing Engineer - Jerry Finn, Producer - Joe McGrath, Engineer - Joel Brown, Background Vocal - Joesph Childres, Composer - Joesph Childres, Lyricist - Joseph Childres, Drums - Joseph Childres, Vocal - Justin Cronk, Composer - Justin Cronk, Lyricist - Justin Randall Cronk, Guitar - Justin Randall Cronk, Vocal - Kerry Agun, Background Vocal - Michael Aaron Vermillion, Bass - Michael Aaron Vermillion, Vocal - Michael Vermillion, Composer - Michael Vermillion, Lyricist - Vendetta Red, Background Vocal - Vendetta Red, Performer - Zach Davidson, Composer - Zach Davidson, Lyricist - Zachary Harley Davidson, Guitar - Zachary Harley Davidson, Vocal
(P) 2002 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer - Dylan Kerbrat, Background Vocal - Erik Chapman, Composer - Erik Chapman, Guitar - Erik Chapman, Keyboards - Erik Chapman, Lyricist - Erik Chapman, Vocal - Jeff Suffering, Background Vocal - Jerry Finn, Mixing Engineer - Jerry Finn, Producer - Joe McGrath, Engineer - Joel Brown, Background Vocal - Joesph Childres, Composer - Joesph Childres, Lyricist - Joseph Childres, Drums - Joseph Childres, Vocal - Justin Cronk, Composer - Justin Cronk, Lyricist - Justin Randall Cronk, Guitar - Justin Randall Cronk, Vocal - Kerry Agun, Background Vocal - Michael Aaron Vermillion, Bass - Michael Aaron Vermillion, Vocal - Michael Vermillion, Composer - Michael Vermillion, Lyricist - Vendetta Red, Background Vocal - Vendetta Red, Performer - Zach Davidson, Composer - Zach Davidson, Lyricist - Zachary Harley Davidson, Guitar - Zachary Harley Davidson, Vocal
(P) 2002 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer - Dylan Kerbrat, Background Vocal - Erik Chapman, Composer - Erik Chapman, Guitar - Erik Chapman, Keyboards - Erik Chapman, Lyricist - Erik Chapman, Vocal - Jeff Suffering, Background Vocal - Jerry Finn, Mixing Engineer - Jerry Finn, Producer - Joe McGrath, Engineer - Joel Brown, Background Vocal - Joesph Childres, Composer - Joesph Childres, Lyricist - Joseph Childres, Drums - Joseph Childres, Vocal - Justin Cronk, Composer - Justin Cronk, Lyricist - Justin Randall Cronk, Guitar - Justin Randall Cronk, Vocal - Kerry Agun, Background Vocal - Michael Aaron Vermillion, Bass - Michael Aaron Vermillion, Vocal - Michael Vermillion, Composer - Michael Vermillion, Lyricist - Vendetta Red, Background Vocal - Vendetta Red, Performer - Zach Davidson, Composer - Zach Davidson, Lyricist - Zachary Harley Davidson, Guitar - Zachary Harley Davidson, Vocal
(P) 2002 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer - Dylan Kerbrat, Background Vocal - Erik Chapman, Composer - Erik Chapman, Guitar - Erik Chapman, Keyboards - Erik Chapman, Lyricist - Erik Chapman, Vocal - Jeff Suffering, Background Vocal - Jerry Finn, Mixing Engineer - Jerry Finn, Producer - Joe McGrath, Engineer - Joel Brown, Background Vocal - Joesph Childres, Composer - Joesph Childres, Lyricist - Joseph Childres, Drums - Joseph Childres, Vocal - Justin Cronk, Composer - Justin Cronk, Lyricist - Justin Randall Cronk, Guitar - Justin Randall Cronk, Vocal - Kerry Agun, Background Vocal - Michael Aaron Vermillion, Bass - Michael Aaron Vermillion, Vocal - Michael Vermillion, Composer - Michael Vermillion, Lyricist - Vendetta Red, Background Vocal - Vendetta Red, Performer - Zach Davidson, Composer - Zach Davidson, Lyricist - Zachary Harley Davidson, Guitar - Zachary Harley Davidson, Vocal
(P) 2002 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Album review
Seattle-by-way-of-California combo Vendetta Red's Epic debut is a solid, even graceful collection of post-grunge guitar heroics, driving mid-tempo rhythms, and concurrently soaring/searing vocal workouts, the latter courtesy of Roger Daltrey-haired frontman Zach Davidson. The boys are quite convincing on Between the Never and the Now, whether they're channeling the yearning of emo during the child-abuse ballad "Stay Home," boiling down hardcore's aggression and speed to the essentials of a shout-along chorus and shredding chord progression in "Opiate Summer," or turning the trad rock of Travis on its ear with "Seconds Away" and "There Only Is." (Davidson shares more than a little vocal similarity with that band's Fran Healy). Vendetta Red's fabulously triumphant single "Shatterday" is also the best Sunny Day Real Estate rewrite to come along in quite a while. Complete with enormous, guitar-heavy dynamics and a gang vocal breakdown, the track is sure to spark a few lighters at summer 2003's Warped Tour, if the kids still do that kind of thing. "Shatterday" is actually just one of seven songs appearing here that were originally part of White Knuckled Substance, the band's 2001 LP on Seattle indie Loveless. Though the production and mixing of Jerry Finn (Green Day, Sum 41) refuels them with a sick bottom end and plenty of thick six-string mud slinging and clarifies the alternating screech and tear-jerking croon of Davidson's vocals to startling effect, the songs are still basically the same. This is important, because it proves that Vendetta Red had the goods long before Epic and the allure of unlimited studio hours ever came a-calling. Between the Never's new songs aren't too shabby, either. "Lipstick Tourniquets" stands on a patch of ground between arching, angular post-punk and 1950s doo wop, sounding like a Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers side intercut with an old Jesus Lizard noise experiment. Meanwhile, "Caught You Like a Cold"'s roiling lead riff nods to the ax-heavy history of Vendetta Red's adopted hometown. Vendetta Red isn't doing anything spectacularly new with its Epic debut. But strong songwriting, compelling emotion, and the effortless regenerational abilities of youth make Between the Never and the Now a consistently rewarding revisionist rock document.
© Johnny Loftus /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:40:39
- Main artists: Vendetta Red
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Epic
- Genre: Pop/Rock
(P) 2002 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Improve album informationWhy buy on Qobuz...
-
Stream or download your music
Buy an album or an individual track. Or listen to our entire catalogue with our high-quality unlimited streaming subscriptions.
-
Zero DRM
The downloaded files belong to you, without any usage limit. You can download them as many times as you like.
-
Choose the format best suited for you
Download your purchases in a wide variety of formats (FLAC, ALAC, WAV, AIFF...) depending on your needs.
-
Listen to your purchases on our apps
Download the Qobuz apps for smartphones, tablets and computers, and listen to your purchases wherever you go.