When it comes to making music, your sound will only take you as far as the effort you put behind it can take you. For some bands, this means never leaving your small suburban town or rural enclave. Others might gain regional notoriety but never achieve recognition on a national scale—and then there are the bands who work tirelessly and dedicate themselves to making themselves into a worldwide name. Of the three relative categories, San Antonio based pop-punk/post-hardcore hybrid Across the Atlantic place themselves—as their name might imply—firmly in the latter, creating energetic, intensely up-beat and emotionally poignant music that serves as a stellar testament to their dedication towards their craft. By taking a quick, punk-driven and poppy and adding ferocity by way of furious and aggressive hardcore influence, Across the Atlantic are a prodigally talented and overwhelmingly dedicated band whose name will soon be household—if it isn't by the time you’re reading this.