Title: They're Only Chasing Safety
Style: Uh... Emo / Metal
Grade: D-
Curve: Hard I guess, I can't get into it.
All Music Link: Here
Comments: I hate to do this to a Christian band but this is just bad. Combines Emo with metal in a way that should be illegal. None of the impact and technicality found in the best metal combined with melodies that fall far short of what is typical for emo. Throw in a few techno interludes that come out of nowhere and a short CD length conspire to make this something I truly regret buying. Keep in mind though if you like it don't listen to me. Music is in the ear of the be listening (or something like that).
Favorites: "Reinventing Your Exit"
Skippers: N/A because I don't listen to this anymore. Twice was enough.
Reviews Explained:
Artist, title and grade are self explainitory.
Style is like genre except its a statement instead of a label.
Curve is how "familiar" or "foreign" the music is likely to sound to someone familiar with the general category (e.g. rock, metal) but not the particular style (e.g. symphonic black metal, 70s art rock). Easy means the listener would "get it" right away whereas hard means that the listener may be "put off". This could be due to longer song length, unfamiliar or ever changing rhythms, melodies, tempos and / or hooks or the dreaded screaming, shrieking, growling vocals.
Favorites are the songs I like the best. Skippers are songs I usually skip when listening to the CD.
All Music link is the link to the reviewed album's page on All Music Guide's site. They (along with Amazon reviews) are the best place to look for info on music releases.
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