Saves The Day is a New Jersey rock band that's been making noise since 1994. The band is currently made up of Chris Conley (lead vocals and guitars), Arun Bali (guitars), Rodrigo Palma (bass) and Dennis Wilson (drums). The band started when singer Conely was 13 years old and at the time was named Indifference. The band was later renamed Seffler before finally being landing on Saves The Day. Their current name is a moniker that came from a lyric in the song 'Hero' by the band Farside which led to their first demo. Today, the band is still continuing to make their own pop-punk/emo inspired sounds with singer Chris Conley, the only original member of the band.

On October 26, Saves The Day released their 13th album titled 9. This album has plenty of hard rock sounds and stays true to the album title with only nine tracks. The overall sound of the record gives off a hardcore rock vibe.

Most of the lyrics explore the life and times of the band. It's easy to tell that they're telling a story about a different point in time over the course of their career. The perfect example is the song '1997.' This song is clearly about where the band was in 1997.

"Twenty years ago a couple kids playing guitars singing in a band. Still here underground hashing it out still playing shows hanging with our friends."

They weren't signed to a label yet, they were playing local shows in underground bars whenever they could and they were selling demo records to anyone who attended shows at a low price because they were trying to figure out how they could make a living out of doing something that they loved. It then goes on to talk about how they started to take off and became signed and garnered popularity. What I didn't realize until I read the lyrics is this song is a flashback. Over the last twenty years, everything moved so fast that it all became a blur.

My favorite song on 9 is 'Its Such A Beautiful World.' Some of the lyrics in the song are:

"It's such a beautiful world. Sometimes it's all such a blur. We wanna see you at our next show...We keep f**king up the chords… Gonna build our own stage. Like back in the day. Let them say what they say. We're gonna play what we play."

This comes across as saying we don't care what people say anymore. Whatever someone's problem with us it doesn't matter to us. People are going to say things and well just ignore them and keep doing what we're doing.

What I love about this band is that they still sound like a pop-punk band from the '90s, however, they are able to twist their music so it sounds current but still transports you back in time. When I listened to this album. I felt like I was actually at an underground rock show instead of in my bedroom.

If you are a fan of bands such as Motion City Soundtrack, Bayside, The Starting Line or I am The Avalanche. I highly recommend this album