Released July 22nd, 2008.
After a two year hiatus and a plethora of side projects, we were presented with this EP in 2008. Honestly I have a hard time listening to this Socal semi-screamo band. They legitamately had a chance back in 2005 to break through to the mainstream and create some buzz and money for themselves. I mean all the backing was their, a good label at the time (Drive Thru Records), underground cred in the form of a cameo on their debut by Daryl Palumbo of Glassjaw and Head Automatica, and a cult of young fans that were at the heigth of the screamo craze. However, they decided to smoke a lot of weed, add some grooves and present themselves as a progressive band.
Now almost five years later they have completely lost the plot. The music is not aggressive, neither is it easy listening. It is in that vacuous middle area that does not allow the listener to get energetic or to just gently nod to the music. It is, honestly, just annoying. Maybe I grew out of this type of music a long time ago, which honestly I think is the case, but all the songs blend together for me. There is little differenciating them from one another as they have about the same vocals, same guitar parts, same tempo, and same lyrical content. The only track that sounds slightly different is the closer "Chinese Organ Thieves" but even then it is over shadowed by the fact that it is an inhospitable 7:28 long. Hopefully they can pick it up on their next full length, due out sometime soon, and maybe they can get back to where they were. If they do not then maybe the hiatus will be back on.
Rating - 2 out of 5
Favorite (Most Barable) Track - "Chinese Organ Thieves"
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