This band is a mix of nineties melodic punk and emo (right along with the vocal screamo). It's like going from The Starting Line to The Used in the middle of a song. These guys certainly can play their instruments, especially the drummer - which they go to great lengths to shove it in your face. One song seriously starts off with a fourteen second drum solo. The vocals are pretty much what you'd expect - Starting Line, Yellowcard, etc. While the songs sound fine, they just never break the barrier of having a great song. Nothing that memorable. The album is not bad - but just doesn't do anything for me.
2/4
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