Released March 23, 2004 by Suburban Home Recordings/Cowboy Versus Sailor
The past few releases I have listened to for this project I have loved and thought that they were very listenable, in fact three or four of them I thought were brilliant. Well, as with anything there has to be at least one sour grape to ruin the fun. This was said sour grape.
It was recommended to me by my friend Mason, who I think usually has good taste; he got me into The Dear Hunter and I am grateful for that. However this EP was virtually un-listenable and it was a chore to get through. It was one of the first records that I have listened to in a long time that I felt like turning off halfway through. It is considered to be post hardcore but that is an insult to the great bands in the genre like These Arms Are Snakes, Thrice, etc. The only thing that the greats have in common with this band is that they both scream. It was a completely uninspired record, but in all fairness it was their first. On subsequent releases they probably got better, they were signed to Fueled By Ramen at one point, but the recording quality, the vocal and lyrics, and the instrumentation on this EP drove me away from this band pretty much forever.
Rating - 1 and 1/5 out of 5
Favorite Track (or most tolerable) - "Aboard The Leper Colony"
No comments:
Post a Comment