Until We Surrender

Personnel: Ben Murray (vocals, guitar, drums); Laura Nichol (vocals, guitar).Photographer: Lev Perrey."Introspective" isn't exactly the first word that comes to mind when one thinks of old-school punk. Back in 1978, how many people were describing the Clash, the Ramones, Black Flag, 999, or the Dead Boys as introspective? But many things changed with the grunge/alternative/Seattle explosion led by Nirvana and Pearl Jam in the early '90s, and from then on, rock was full of punk and punk-influenced artists who were as introspective as they were hard-rocking. Heartsounds' Until We Surrender is a perfect example of how an album that's highly introspective can also be loud and proud. For this Bay Area-based male/female duo, introspection doesn't mean sounding like Sarah McLachlan or Jonatha Brooke; it doesn't mean playing a gentle, caressing tenor sax that recalls Stan Getz during the cool jazz era. For singer/guitarist/bassist/drummer Ben Murray and singer/ guitarist Laura Nichol -- who co