The Legion of Doom: Incorporated

When I first heard Incorporated, the newest from The Legion of Doom, I thought to myself: “you’ve got to be kidding me.” There are mash ups out there that I’ve really enjoyed listening to, but it didn’t make sense to me right off the bat that The Legion of Doom was mixing together punk, hardcore, emo, and scream-o songs. But after giving the entire 14 tracks a shot, I developed an appreciation for the job Chad Blinman and Trevor Keith (formerly of one of my favorite punk whilst in highschool, Face to Face) did with these tracks. The first thing I noticed was that it isn’t even really a mash up, at least compared to the mash ups I’ve heard thus far– rather, each track pins one band against another in a battle of sorts. For instance, ‘The Quiet Screaming’ begins with Dashboard Confessional in the foreground with some hints of a Brand New track in the background. Toward the middle of the song, the Brand New track becomes more prevalent, and eventually replaces the Dashboard track, leaving only remnants of Chris Carrabba’s whine. Other combos I enjoyed: Saves the Day vs. Funeral For A Friend, Underoath vs. Mewithoutyou, and The Get Up Kids vs. Thursday. You can buy Incorporated for $10 here or stream it for free here.