The Fly Downs

Ottawa’s The Fly Downs are set to release their long awaited debut full length “At This Point In Time” via Thousand Islands Records on April 16th, the album follows on from their debut EP, and as far I can tell their sole previous release, 2017’s “Pockets Out“. In the years that have passed since their debut release the band have expanded their line up and sound and have been steadily, and it must be said quite slowly, working towards the release of their thirteen track debut. The opening track ‘Till Death Us Do Party‘ is a dense chugging heavyweight blast of pop punk, but don’t be put off by the pop punk tag if that isn’t your thing, this is punk rock that borrows the unpolished elements from far and wide and wedges them into a pop punk soundtrack. Throughout “At This Point In Time” there are memorable, and it must be said, at times, familiar, riffs that are coupled with hooky choruses that are delivered with a hedonistic energy.

Each of the thirteen cuts, including the three singles drawn from the album, ‘Crashing Down‘, ‘Head Held High‘ and ‘Nowhere To Go‘, are chock full of hooks, riffs, breakdowns, gang vocals and all the other prerequisite elements of pop punk, these are blended with a touch of discordant punk rock as well as elements of everything from math rock and metalcore to hardcore and metal making guest appearances. The end result is that The Fly Downs are a chimera of a band heading down their own eclectic path, they could equally be argued to be a natural evolution from the pop punk pioneers sound whilst simultaneously sounding like the more refined cousins of the likes of Trashed Ambulance and Ariel Salad. “At This Point In Time” is a pop punk album at it’s heart, but rather than the predictable polished radio friendly sound you’d expect, you get something raw and unpredictable that seems to almost randomly draw from other elements across the punk spectrum and beyond.

“At This Point In Time” can be pre-ordered via Bandcamp and Thousand Islands Records - thepunksite.com

Ottawa’s The Flydowns have released a music video for “Crashing Down.” This tune is the lead single of their upcoming LP entitled “At This Point and Time” that will drop on April 17 via Thousand Islands Records. This is the band’s debut full length and you can pre-order it here! - Punkanormal Activity

Ottawa alt/punk trio The Fly Downs have just released a new single, “Nowhere To Go”. The track is the 3rd single, and 1 of 13 songs on their upcoming full length, “At This Point In Time”, which drops April 16th via Thousand Islands Records.

“It’s okay to ask for help. No one has done everything on their own. Nowhere To Go is an ode to everyone who has ever had to suck up their pride and do what they had to do to set their course on the right path.” – Jesse Brewer, Guitar/Vocals - Distrolution

Ottawa alt/punk trio The Fly Downs have announced the April 16th release of their debut LP, At This Point In Time. The 13-track offering was recorded by Scott Burniston at Apartment 2 and mixed/mastered by Topon Das. It’s being released digitally and on colored vinyl via Thousand Islands Records.

As a preview of what's to expect, the band unleashed the lead single Crashing Down, with an accompanying music video, check it out below..

Crashing Down is the idea that we're all born wet and crying and we all end up under the ground at the end of it all. Whether you're rich or poor, black or white... were all the same in the grand picture. - Jesse, vocals



Track listing:

Til Death Do Us, Party
Somewhere Around There
Raving Reviews
Crashing Down
You Can't Quit Me, I'm Fired!
Head Held High (feat. Patrick Youldon)
Nowhere To Go
Life 101
Teddy's Revenge (feat. Anndy Negative)
The Ballad Of Richard William Johnson
Dead Ringer
Fire Up The Press
This Is Who I Am Right Now - Punk Rock Theory

Ottawa alt/punk trio The Fly Downs have announced the April 16th release of their debut LP, ‘At This Point In Time’.

The 13-track offering was recorded by Scott Burniston at Apartment 2 and mixed/mastered by Topon Das. It’s being released digitally and on colored vinyl via Thousand Islands Records. As a preview of what’s to expect, the band unleashed the lead single ‘Crashing Down’, with an accompanying music video, check it out below: - Salad Days Magazine

The Fly Downs are a band hailing from Ottawa, Canada. This trio just released their debut ep and I listened to it and liked it so here is the review.

The ep contains six songs of melodic punk with some hardcore and pop punk influences. Musically, this band is nothing new and revolutionary but they play with heart and balls and make great songs and that is just all that is important. The songs are structured with lots of melodic guitar hooks and fine melodies combined with great harmonized backing vocals. The main vocals remind me in some songs of Joey Cape of Lagwagon, especially in “SFANN”, which is one of my favorite tracks on this record. The lyrics are on more personal level about love, friendship, broken hearts and similar themes and they are good. In all, this is an excellent ep and it is on Bandcamp for free or for donation, so go ahead if you like such music, support the guys and drop them a line to tell them what do you think about their record.

7,5/10 - KRAYKULLA-WEBZINE

Ottawa, ON pop punks The Fly Downs have released their debut EP, “Pockets Out”. The self-released, six song affair is up for download for pay-what-you-want on Bandcamp now. - Dying Scene