"The Cost have "it;" they have the quality which makes a band work, be powerful, original, interesting. Their heavy, intricate, dark songs are completely engaging and fresh, but very much in keeping with what many post- "emo" punk bands are striving for; music that is melodious but not poppy; lyrical but rough. Their music is a modern punk which incorporates sounds from the mid-eighties DC scene (Gray Matter), the early nineties San Diego scene (Drive...