The long-awaited national label debut from L.A. rockers Precious Death is out. Produced by Dino Maddalone, who has also handled recording for Die Happy, some similarities are evident between the two groups, with heavy guitar accompanying versatile melodic vocals.
The album opens with the title track, which has a slow power vibe similar to recent Deliverance. The band really starts to rock out during the next few songs. Andy Koehler is given a chance to "Shine" with some fast bass work in the disc's second and perhaps best track, which also has a very catchy hook. During the course of the album the intensity of Roger Sampson's drumming climbs into double bass territory, and David Bishop delivers a heavy guitar crunch. The band eventually slows down for an acoustic ballad, "One Day to Live," which closes the album.
There are no lyrical banner wavers here, but songs about life written from a Christian perspective. This is a very good first effort, almost certainly likable for fans of Die Happy and Deliverance.
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