Sam Coffey & The Iron Lungs Gates Of Hell

From countryesque ballads, to power-pop anthems, to straightforward punk rippers...and everywhere in between: Sam Coffey is no stranger to evolution or variety. With Gates Of Hell the band finally unloads an agglomeration of it all! This is their first proper full-length, and it's bound to explode power-pop hearts everywhere! Four of the more anthemic tracks were recorded by Ben Cook of Fucked Up and Young Guv fame. Coffey tracked the rest of the record himself as the band grew into their own. A serious lineup change from a four piece to a six piece, and a move from the scenic views of Waterloo, On to the more bustling streets of Toronto, on have proven to be positive exercises for Coffey's songwriting. Gates Of Hell finds the band successfully crossing the sounds of The Exploding Hearts and Thomas Function while Coffey plays ringleader, bellowing the band forward with a Strummeresque yowl. Mixing the classic overblown power-pop of a group like Cheap Trick with the updated simplistic sound of the current garage-rock explosion isn't an easy task, but Coffey n Co. pull it off seamlessly. And don't for a minute think this is your dad's teenage puppy-love power-pop record: Coffey is the next demonic denizen bound to melt your face (and heart) with happily haunting melodies and emotionally charged deliveries. The title says it all "Gates Of Hell". For fans of The Nerves, The Dentists, The Exploding Hearts and The Romantics. LP includes digital download code.