# Title Fight
**Title Fight** is an American punk rock band from Kingston, Pennsylvania, formed in 2003, known for a sound that shifted from pop-punk and melodic hardcore to emo and, on its later records, shoegaze (dreamy rock style with layers of effects-drenched, noisy guitars).[1](https://www.liverate.com/artists/title-fight) • [2](https://www.sputnikmusic.com/bands/Title-Fight/16159/) The band consists of Jamie Rhoden (guitar, vocals), Shane Moran (guitar), and twin brothers Ned Russin (bass, vocals) and Ben Russin (drums).[1](https://www.liverate.com/artists/title-fight) They have been inactive since 2016, aside from select appearances.[2](https://www.sputnikmusic.com/bands/Title-Fight/16159/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Formed | 2003, Kingston, Pennsylvania; Shane Moran joined on second guitar in 2005[3](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/title-fight-mn0002137032) |
| Members | Jamie Rhoden (guitar, vocals), Ned Russin (bass, vocals), Shane Moran (guitar), Ben Russin (drums)[1](https://www.liverate.com/artists/title-fight) |
| Studio albums | *Shed* (2011), *Floral Green* (2012), *Hyperview* (2015)[3](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/title-fight-mn0002137032) |
| Labels | Run for Cover, SideOneDummy, Revelation Records, ANTI-[3](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/title-fight-mn0002137032) • [2](https://www.sputnikmusic.com/bands/Title-Fight/16159/) |
| Breakthrough | Gained popularity in 2009–2011 with *The Last Thing You Forget* compilation, *Shed*, and signing to Run for Cover Records[2](https://www.sputnikmusic.com/bands/Title-Fight/16159/) |
| Status | Inactive since 2016 besides select appearances, including a February 2018 benefit show on Long Island[2](https://www.sputnikmusic.com/bands/Title-Fight/16159/) • [1](https://www.liverate.com/artists/title-fight) |
| Live reception | 79% live rating across 21 critic concert reviews; concerts usually last 45 minutes to about an hour[1](https://www.liverate.com/artists/title-fight) |
## Formation and early years
The band began while its members were in middle school.[4](https://www.anti.com/artists/title-fight/) Ned Russin has described meeting Jamie Rhoden at school when they were around 12 years old; the two began playing with Ben Russin on drums, initially trying to sound like bands they liked at the time such as [Blink-182](https://www.edgepedia.org/blink-182) and The Descendents.[5](https://bluntmag.com.au/music/title-fight/) The group started as a trio of Rhoden, Ned Russin, and Ben Russin, playing local shows in Kingston and [Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania](https://www.edgepedia.org/wilkes-barre-pennsylvania), and added Shane Moran on second guitar in 2005.[3](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/title-fight-mn0002137032)
## Rise and label history
A run of singles and EPs was eventually compiled on *The Last Thing You Forget*, released on Run for Cover in 2009.[3](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/title-fight-mn0002137032) In 2011 the band signed to SideOneDummy Records and turned to hardcore mainstay Walter Schreifels, formerly of [Youth of Today](https://www.edgepedia.org/youth-of-today) and [Gorilla Biscuits](https://www.edgepedia.org/gorilla-biscuits), to produce its full-length debut, *Shed*, which reached the [Billboard charts](https://www.edgepedia.org/billboard-charts); a busy touring year followed across the U.S., Europe, and Australia with acts including Rise Against and Touché Amoré.[3](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/title-fight-mn0002137032)
*Floral Green* followed in 2012, produced by Will Yip, before the band left SideOneDummy.[3](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/title-fight-mn0002137032) For Yip, *Floral Green* was the first record on which he was officially credited as a producer for a major release; he later said the album changed his career because every producer in the rock, pop, punk, and hardcore space wanted to work with the band afterward.[6](https://www.musicradar.com/artists/rick-rubins-mansion-wasnt-a-studio-it-was-a-house-that-got-wired-up-to-sound-incredible-will-yip-explains-to-us-how-he-built-his-dream-studio-with-a-little-influence-from-rick-rubin) The *Spring Songs* EP appeared on Revelation Records in 2013, and in 2014 the band announced it had signed with ANTI- Records.[3](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/title-fight-mn0002137032)
## Hyperview and the shoegaze turn
*Hyperview*, the band's third full-length album and first for ANTI-, was produced by Will Yip in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, and released on 30 January 2015.[4](https://www.anti.com/artists/title-fight/) The album marked the band's strongest stylistic deviation: critics described it as an atmospheric turn toward late-1980s shoegaze, with heavily muted vocals from Rhoden in which the lyrics recede behind the overall soundscape, and drew comparisons to My Bloody Valentine's *Isn't Anything* period, Chapterhouse, [Ride](https://www.edgepedia.org/ride-band), and [Lush](https://www.edgepedia.org/lush-band).[7](https://renownedforsound.com/album-review-title-fight-hyperview/) • [4](https://www.anti.com/artists/title-fight/) • [8](https://www.michigandaily.com/uncategorized/02title-fight-album-review04/) The album runs just over thirty minutes.[7](https://renownedforsound.com/album-review-title-fight-hyperview/)
Critical opinion divided. MusicCritic aggregated 11 critic reviews for a "Very Good" consensus (AllMusic 80, Exclaim 80, Pitchfork 76, The 405 70, Consequence of Sound 65), with reviewers describing the shift as a growing maturity and a departure from the band's [Warped Tour](https://www.edgepedia.org/warped-tour)-era hardcore image.[9](https://musiccritic.com/title-fight/hyperview/) On Sputnikmusic the album averaged 3.2 across 519 votes, and one reviewer scored it 2.0, arguing that the band had accumulated genres (pop-punk, melodic hardcore, emo, shoegaze) without fresh songwriting to match.[2](https://www.sputnikmusic.com/bands/Title-Fight/16159/) • [10](https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/65824/Title-Fight-Hyperview/) A contrasting Sputnikmusic review praised the band for using influences rather than abusing them, calling the songwriting miles above their peers, while noting a deliberate sameness across the songs and singling out "Liar's Love" as the album's one throwaway track.[11](https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/67083/title-fight-hyperview/) ANTI-'s own artist page emphasized the album's dreamlike sound, citing "Chlorine" as a tuneful echo of *Floral Green* and "New Vision" as echoing the incantatory pummel of My Bloody Valentine's *Isn't Anything* era.[4](https://www.anti.com/artists/title-fight/)
## Style and reception
Critics have consistently struggled to pin the band to one genre. AllMusic classifies it as a throwback to early emo and post-hardcore, combining a driving, guitar-driven sound with anxious, gravelly hardcore vocals, with styles listed as emo, alternative pop/rock, and alternative/indie rock.[3](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/title-fight-mn0002137032) Sputnikmusic tags the band as emo, shoegaze, and punk.[2](https://www.sputnikmusic.com/bands/Title-Fight/16159/) One academic assessment of 2010s heavy music described Title Fight as one of the biggest hardcore bands of that decade, playing a style closest to pop-punk with earlier releases nearer melodic hardcore, while continuing to play hardcore festivals and tour with hardcore bands.[12](https://etd.ohiolink.edu/acprod/odb_etd/ws/send_file/send%3Faccession%3Dbgsu1724663800588542%26disposition%3Dinline) NPR described the band as hitting "the sweet spot between the heartfelt, road-trip-proven pop-punk of Jawbreaker's 'Dear You' and the melodic post-hardcore of Hot Water Music."[13](https://classic.revelationrecords.com/band/192)
As a live act, the critics' consensus based on 21 concert reviews rates Title Fight an impressive performer with worthwhile shows overall, with a 79% live rating on LiveRate's 100-point scale as of June 2026.[1](https://www.liverate.com/artists/title-fight)
## Inactivity
The band has been inactive since 2016 besides select appearances. The Waster's concert review noted that Title Fight, a band that had been largely "radio silent" during 2017, resurrected for a benefit show at Revolution Bar on [Long Island](https://www.edgepedia.org/long-island) in February 2018, and fans were psyched.[1](https://www.liverate.com/artists/title-fight)
## Discography
Studio albums, EPs, and compilations, with Sputnikmusic user ratings where listed:[2](https://www.sputnikmusic.com/bands/Title-Fight/16159/)
- *Down for the Count* demo (2003)
- *Kingston* EP (2007)
- *The Last Thing You Forget* compilation (2009)
- *Missed* EP (2011)
- *Shed* (2011)
- *Floral Green* (18 September 2012)
- *Spring Songs* EP (12 November 2013)
- *Hyperview* (2015)
## References
1. [Title Fight: Live Tour & Concert Review Consensus, LiveRate](https://www.liverate.com/artists/title-fight)
2. [Title Fight reviews, music, news, Sputnikmusic](https://www.sputnikmusic.com/bands/Title-Fight/16159/)
3. [Title Fight: Biography, Discography, Albums & Expert Reviews, AllMusic](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/title-fight-mn0002137032)
4. [Title Fight, ANTI- Records](https://www.anti.com/artists/title-fight/)
5. [Title Fight: Greening Out, Blunt Magazine](https://bluntmag.com.au/music/title-fight/)
6. [Will Yip interview, MusicRadar](https://www.musicradar.com/artists/rick-rubins-mansion-wasnt-a-studio-it-was-a-house-that-got-wired-up-to-sound-incredible-will-yip-explains-to-us-how-he-built-his-dream-studio-with-a-little-influence-from-rick-rubin)
7. [Album Review: Title Fight – Hyperview, Renowned For Sound](https://renownedforsound.com/album-review-title-fight-hyperview/)
8. [New Title Fight album lacks band's charm, The Michigan Daily](https://www.michigandaily.com/uncategorized/02title-fight-album-review04/)
9. [Title Fight: Hyperview Review, MusicCritic](https://musiccritic.com/title-fight/hyperview/)
10. [Title Fight – Hyperview (album review 3), Sputnikmusic](https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/65824/Title-Fight-Hyperview/)
11. [Title Fight – Hyperview (album review), Sputnikmusic](https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/67083/title-fight-hyperview/)
12. ["My Body is a Cage": Genre and Embodiment in Heavy Music, OhioLINK ETD](https://etd.ohiolink.edu/acprod/odb_etd/ws/send_file/send%3Faccession%3Dbgsu1724663800588542%26disposition%3Dinline)
13. [Revelation Records: Title Fight](https://classic.revelationrecords.com/band/192)
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