Clearly a self-deprecating bunch, Edison, NJ's the Mongoloids first got together in 2005 with the goal of pitching their straight-edge hardcore ideals with largely positive (or at the very least empowering) messages, a goal they then proceeded to bomb-test on local audiences over the next few years. Come mid-2008, the group was ready to go global, and thus released its full-length debut, Time Trials, through Eulogy Recordings, followed in short order by 2009's Assorted Music EP, featuring vocalist Gregory Falchetto, guitarist Sean Baker, bassist Ray Seaman, and drummer Alan Yuch. ~ Eduardo Rivadavia