Reviews

Rarely does a band make such a splash with their demo, but San Francisco’s Set Your Goals hits the water with a resounding impact.  Reset is the Eulogy release of SYG’s  demo, plus a cover of the great Jawbreaker song “Do You Still Hate Me,” and some video footage. 
 
Set Your Goals play pop hardcore with a catchy melodic sound halfway between Gorilla Bassist’ Start Today and A New Found Glory’s Nothing Gold Can Stay.  SYG take the bouncing breakdowns of of the former and the well-anchored popcore of the later and carve out a sweet sound all of their own.  By far the best song is the unfortunately named ‘Goonies Never Say Die!” which starts off with a pit-thumping drum lead and and runs from melodic Saves The Day lines, to sing-a-longs, to gang vocals and back again.  Lyrics a notch or two above the average HC fare, lyrics that recognize the importance of the singer’s role in the HC community like, “Talk is cheap and mine’s the worst/ I realize my actions are worth so much more,” make this worth checking out.
 
Although the art on the Straight On Records version is sweeter, and singers Matt Wilson and Jordan Brown can’t quite do justice to Blake Schwarzenbach on the Jawbreaker cover, this EP is terrific because it means that SYG are soon going to be the hardcore equivalent of household names.  Shell out the six bucks for this now, and be properly stoked for the upcoming full length, which should, by all indications, be a melodic pop hardcore classic.