Through the Eyes of Katelyn
Your Role Model's Dead
Reviewed by Doug Van Pelt
What has Jesse Smith done? Did Brett Detar's departure for The Juliana Theory get to him? Did it make him sing, "Anything you can do, I can do better?" This solo project is lush full of dreamy vocals, deceptively trance-like raw romping that lulls you to mellowness one minute, then slams you with brick wall distorted vocals and guitars that buzzsaw your brains out. What a wonderful project! There's something for the Starflyer fan, the emo fan, the Puller fan, and perhaps even the hardcore "I can scream louder than Klank" fan (at times, like the song "Youth Minister With Boxing Gloves"). The wonderful achievement of this disc is not only the compositions, but the breathy vocal delivery of perhaps metalcore's finest drummer - sir Jesse. For ordering info, write: TakeHold, PO Box 19831, Birmingham AL 35219