Knuckle Puck Has Gone Crazy With Its Melodic Capabilities

Out of Chicago, Illinois, Knuckle Puck unearths quite an impressive soup in "Gone". This outfit puts together a seamless mix of audio excitement alongside Joe Taylor's unobstructed vocal range. John Siorek takes credit for most of the backbone here. He's not lazy in the least. Each beat lands flush like it's supposed to. Kevin Maida goes heavy into the trenches on lead guitar. Could say he's the color commentator portion of this band. Everybody else lays the muscle down as Kevin throws in the special seasoning. Ryan Rumchaks amounts to not just a small hit part player on bass. He steps into the fray quite handily and makes his contributions count long after the song ends. Sounds appetizing so far. Throw in the pity inspiring choral refrain and "Gone" has you at attention for as long as it wants. The opening chorus shows Joe knows how to create a mood, even if said mood is a mite depressing. The starting line goes "I did what I do best...forget myself. Got overdressed like everybody else. A glance and a half smile. Black heels on the white tie. It took seven years for your path to realign but I'll still think of you on the 5th of June cause when I saw you I lost you all over again. Boy sounds like he's one bad break away from hurtling himself over a bridge. The chorus isn't inspiration for rebirth either..."Gone. Doesn't it feel good to be invisible? Gone. Just like the way I used to be. Gone. Have I been fading away? Yeah, I'm so gone, gone." The love interest's stare pierces him like an unforgiving knife, severing what emotional ties there ever were. Rob claims he's not who she remembers but that's primarily because she stole his personality away. He's not without sympathy though. He admits she could stand to have a break from his ghost. Yet his intensity of feeling remains a constant. This song's tempo reflects the psychological desperation Joe's shooting for. The instruments are spread out evenly which makes it an exciting construction job to witness. Broken love's a time honored theme in music. In Knuckle Puck's hands there's a fresh burst of pluck. "Gone" stays in the here and now with compelling results.