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"A Farewell Rescue rocks it on the stage as well as in the studio. One of the best live bands I've seen in a while, AFR packs energy into everything they take on. It's obvious to see what influences AFR, but it is also obvious how the band takes each influence and flips it to create a fresh take. This band is worth checking out, especially if they're playing a show near you." -- Penn-Punk.com The boys from A Farewell Rescue have been locked in a basement for the last several months, diligently working on a new full-length. Now, it is time to reap the benefits of their debut album! Never Meet Your Heroes is a pop-punk gem in the vein of Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance, Coheed and Cambria, and New Found Glory--a must-have for any pop-punk fan! After spending three weeks in Buffalo working with the legendary Doug White (Gym Class Heroes, Snapcase, Earth Crisis, It Dies Today, Every Time I Die) at Watchmen Studios for the third consecutive time, the guys have stepped it up a notch. Stronger, catchier, and more cohesive, Never Meet Your Heroes successfully breathes life into the sounds of bands from years past. Lyrically, this new recording reflects the sense of separation and detachment that the band's mountainous home region imposes on them. A Farewell Rescue takes the isolation of Central Pennsylvania and constructs an incredibly infectious and intelligent synthesis of nostalgic melodic hardcore in the vein of Lifetime, Kid Dynamite, and Strike Anywhere. While offering a list of bands that have influenced the band certainly helps identify its sound, it does not reveal the ease with which A Farewell Rescue is able to master these influences, rearranging the styles of the past so that the band is both admirer and iconoclast, master and student.