cd review from RVA magazine:
"This is good punk rock. The five-track album consists of five quality songs, though none particularly stand out except 'Making Good On A Promise'. Sounding like a mix between the Bouncing Souls, Strike Anywhere, and drummer joe's other band Brainworms, they feature fast-paced drums, guitars, and vocals that blast right through the 13 minutes this album takes to listen to. It's one of those albums that you would put on just to get hyped up before a show, to go skating or biking, or just get crazy.

Lyrically the album focuses on issues that we all deal with like taking bullshit from people, to love interests, to affairs with drinking. Basically, this album would probably be best received by those in the current generation, though it's really up to the individual.

On a side note,  the packaging for the cd is pretty nice. It's all handmade and contains all the lyrics, a patch, and painted cd. It's always appreciated when time was taken to put the cd out in an interesting way."

review by Peter Szijarto
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Show review from No Signal 2
Hexmachine, Medic, Black Tusk, Landmines; Jan 24, 9 N. Boulevard

This show drew a diverse crowd of people, which reflected well on the choice of bands to play together. It seemed like each band had its own crowd, but also that almost everyone who'd come out for one particular band was interested in the other bands as well. Needless to say, this is always awesome.
Landmines played first. They're a new band, featuring joe from brainworms on drums, and though I was expecting something pretty heavy based on the name, they actually aren't too far from brainworms in sound. However, where brainworms have more of a mid-80's DC emocore sound, Landmines fall into a different place on the spectrum of melodic hardcore. It's easy for people to hear 'melodic hardcore' and assume you mean pop-punk, and let me assure you that Landmines are not pop-punk. The basslines are note-heavy and melodic, similar to those of Karl Alvarez of The Descendents, and the guitars use melodic octave chords in a similar manner to that of Leatherface or Hot Water Music; comparisons, incidentally, that also fit well with the gruff vocals. The hardcore part of their sound distinguishes them from these influences, though, as Landmines' faster tempos and more aggressive moments are nothing any band like the ones mentioned above would do. In those moments, they remind me more of bands that are hardcore first and foremost, but incorporate melodic leads and fills into their riffs. The best example of a band like this would be Swiz, or maybe Bread and Circuits. Landmines straddle the line between heavy and melodic quite well, and gain important elements of their sound from both sides of the equation. They've only been around a short time, too, so I'm very interested to see them once they've been around a while longer.

review by Andrew Necci

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BAND REVIEW FROM PUNKNEWS.ORG

Chris: One of the newer additions to the Richmond, VA punk/hardcore scene is Landmines. Their brand of aggressive, yet melodic hardcore immediately brings to mind bands like No Trigger, Hot Water Music and fellow RVA brethren Strike Anywhere. They recently released a five-song EP via Pop Faction Records

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LIVE SHOW REVIEW FROM "GO SLEEVELESS BLOG"

Landmines were the only non-local on the bill, but they fit the show perfectly. They're a gruff punk band from Richmond, and it shows. They came out (some sleeveless!) and killed it. Lots of energy, lots of intensity and an overall solid set. This made me pretty bummed that I missed them at FEST, but I'm not going to make that mistake again. I'm not familiar with their recorded material, but they have a record (coming) out on Paper and Plastick, the new vinyl and digital label from Less Than Jake, so I need to make sure I check out their new record.

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Review of self titled full length on Paper+Plastick
by james hepplewhite pastepunk.com

I haven't pulled out my copy of RISE AGAINST's the Unraveling in a long time, but, LANDMINES self-titled record on Paper and Plastick might be the impetus to do so again. LANDMINES singer Nick sounds like Tim McIllrath circa the Unraveling (Have you listened to "Blood Money"?), and it isn't too bad of an RIYL, though lyrically and musically, the group seems to have a bigger GOOD RIDDANCE fetish than their one sheet might suggest, which casually namedrops fellow Richmonders STRIKE ANYWHERE, but I don't hear that comparison so much. "Penny Ante," though, sounds like an AVAIL b-side circa Over The James, but let's get three things out of the way:

1) The melodic punk and hardcore genres are terribly incestuous and carry the a lot of the same themes (distrust of authority, catchy choruses, melodic guitars, drinking and gruff singers) through the music.
2) Landmines follow through on those themes and more, while also being memorable and recognizable.
3) If any of the above appeal to you, you already know what Landmines sound like, but that shouldn't stop you from giving the band a listen.

Landmines is a traditional punk disc in the classic sense: drumbeats stolen from the hooves of horses, aggressive, yet melodic guitar touches rooted in the past 15 or 20 years of melodic sing along punk rock and a vocalist that's actually pissed about the system. It isn't a revelation, it breaks no new ground, but enough energy is put into the record to make it feel fresh, whether it's the Brian McTernan production job or the bouncing bass lines. It's too easy to call Landmines explosive, but at the very least, it's a scorching blast from a band who sound like they're just getting started.

Record review by CANYOUSEETHESUNSET.com

Like so many other great bands of their ilk such as Smoke or Fire, Strike Anywhere, and, um, a little band called Avail, Landmines also call Richmond, Virginia their home. Their self-titled debut full-length charges out of the gates and never lets up as it walks the oh so comfortable line between raging hardcore and melodic pop-punk. In other words, these twelve songs and edgy but catchy and are reminiscent of No Trigger, Strike Anywhere, Rise Against, etc… Landmines are the sort of band (and this is the sort of record) that will make you want to pump your fist in the air and shout "woah oh" at the top of your lungs. At the very least this is an awesome album to power you through another session on the treadmill as cold weather sets in and keeps us all homebound. I can almost hear people yelling "give me liberty or give me death," while listening to the powerful shredding guitars and searing vocals on Landmines. This would have been good music for the Obama rally a few nights ago if y'all wanted to incite a riot. Anyhow, Landmines is out now on Paper & Plastick (Vinnie from Less Than Jake's new label) and is damn good if I do say so myself.