In perfect timing with yesterday’s vinyl announcement, Name Taken were part of one of Jeopardy’s answers last night.
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New Name Taken Anniversary Pressing
A 20th anniversary edition of Name Taken’s Hold On is now available on vinyl.
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Name Taken shared an unfinished demo on Facebook.
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Name Taken have shared a demo from 2007 on streaming platforms. The band shared this about the song:
Read More “Name Taken Share 2007 Demo”Well, we aren’t here often. But when we are, we try to bring good news. At our “reunion” show in 2007 we played some songs we had written after Hold On. Also in 2007, we recorded some demos at our house on a bad laptop with literally no idea what we were doing. Hence the relatively poor quality. We pretty much forgot their existence with time. Recently Chad and Ryan (this is Blake) reminded me how much we enjoyed one particular song, “Nanking”. We all listened to it again and agreed that even though the sound is pretty darn rough unless you’re listening on nice headphones or speakers, let’s just let you all enjoy it (or not). So, you can now enjoy ”Nanking 2007 Home Demo” on Spotify and pretty much every other platform. Enjoy! (Or don’t, who cares)
Name Taken – “Blood and Bones”
Name Taken have released their first new song in fourteen years called “Blood and Bones.” It’s also up on all streaming services.
Name Taken Tease on Facebook
Name Taken have teased something “special” coming in a few days via Facebook.
Review: Name Taken – The Silent Game
The welcome voice of bassist/singer Chad Atkinson singing a cappella at the introduction of “The Safety of Routine” gives The Silent Game an undeniably powerful start. Atkinson’s vocals are so confident and adult that it’s hard to believe that he, along with the other members of Name Taken (drummer Bret Meisenbach and guitarists Ryan Edwards and Blake Means), were mere teenagers when they created the EP.
This trend of youthful maturity continues with “For Sunday” in which Edwards and Means shine. Ignoring the uninspired power chord conventions of their scene they chase each other across their respective fretboards forming tightly woven patterns to set the dark mood of lyrics such as ‘And God why do I blame them? / I’m begging you to forgive me.’ During the breakdown the guitar duo alternate riffs from the left speaker to the right culminating with a frenzied message from Chad made all the more urgent by the fast paced rhythm courtesy of Meisenbach. If Chad’s striking vocals in “The Safety of Routine” are the initial draw, the instrumentation on “For Sunday” is what leaves the listener begging for more.
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Everything you thought you knew about this band, their music, and this genre is about to get tossed into the windmill and chopped to shreads. When an album begins with the line, “we will cheat you out of everything .. we will sell you who you are” – there is very little else that is needed to grab you by your throat and push you against the wall. The music beat pulses into your chest, your head expands and contracts with each riff and you can’t help but let your head rock to the music.
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