Pull Up The Floorboards is post hardcore that way it should be: raw, abrasive, urgent and always on the brink of panic... delivered with uncompromising conviction and gutwrenching ferocity. An emotional overload of the highest order, Lock And Key play with furious guitars that smolder, crackle and chug behind the razorcut signature vocals of Ryan Shanahan. Buried beneath the thick slabs of combustible guitars and machine gun drumming are irresistible hooks that dig deep. There's a restless energy that permeates Floorboards, a sort of shadowy unease and distemper like the first warning signs of a nervous breakdown. It's a dangerous precipice for a band, walking the delicate line between thoughtful articulation and the frenzy of incoherent desperation. But unlike many of their peers who deliver marginally at best, Lock And Key have composed a startling achievement of brain, brawn, pathos and, most importantly, heart.