A Day to Remember And Their Name Was Treason
Indianola Records IND1024 2005
By Jason Jordan
Im a non-violent person by nature, but interacting with emo kids in their native environment(s) brings out the sadistic, malevolent tendencies in me. However, I can deal with emo when its SUCCESSFULLY coupled with metalcore, or any other subgenre that has to do with metal. A Day to Remember yet another group to incorporate the word day starts out on the right foot, but trips shortly afterward due to a number of (seemingly) unavoidable obstructions.
And Their Name Was Treason has ten songs, and lasts for roughly thirty minutes. Overall, a brief release that commences with an excellent introduction, which is referred to simply as Intro. The aforesaid closes with Wake up / Ive been watching you in spoken-word form, before segueing into the growl-led Heartless. Its a transition thatll startle you, but is cool in hindsight. Unfortunately, clean vocals in the vein of Saves the Day (or so Im told) plague A Day to Remembers sound. Honestly, the emo-tinged beginning of Your Way with Words is Through Silence is sickening, though the metalcore parts of And Their Name Was Treason are average-yet-alluring. A Second Glance begins with instrumentation that recalls the most recent output from Underoath in Theyre Only Chasing Safety. And, You Had Me at Hello is the absolute peak of cliché lyricism and banal singing, which is thankfully relieved by the superior 1958.
As if you couldnt make it out from my words, the clean vocals drag this emocore record under the water. Consequently, And Their Name Was Treason, though it possesses scant characteristics of quality, drowns under its own weight. A Day to Remember is a band Ill surely forget because at this point theyre just too whiny and commonplace to warrant notice. No hard feelings, though.
6/10
Official A Day to Remember Website
Official Indianola Records Website
Indianola Records IND1024 2005
By Jason Jordan
Im a non-violent person by nature, but interacting with emo kids in their native environment(s) brings out the sadistic, malevolent tendencies in me. However, I can deal with emo when its SUCCESSFULLY coupled with metalcore, or any other subgenre that has to do with metal. A Day to Remember yet another group to incorporate the word day starts out on the right foot, but trips shortly afterward due to a number of (seemingly) unavoidable obstructions.
And Their Name Was Treason has ten songs, and lasts for roughly thirty minutes. Overall, a brief release that commences with an excellent introduction, which is referred to simply as Intro. The aforesaid closes with Wake up / Ive been watching you in spoken-word form, before segueing into the growl-led Heartless. Its a transition thatll startle you, but is cool in hindsight. Unfortunately, clean vocals in the vein of Saves the Day (or so Im told) plague A Day to Remembers sound. Honestly, the emo-tinged beginning of Your Way with Words is Through Silence is sickening, though the metalcore parts of And Their Name Was Treason are average-yet-alluring. A Second Glance begins with instrumentation that recalls the most recent output from Underoath in Theyre Only Chasing Safety. And, You Had Me at Hello is the absolute peak of cliché lyricism and banal singing, which is thankfully relieved by the superior 1958.
As if you couldnt make it out from my words, the clean vocals drag this emocore record under the water. Consequently, And Their Name Was Treason, though it possesses scant characteristics of quality, drowns under its own weight. A Day to Remember is a band Ill surely forget because at this point theyre just too whiny and commonplace to warrant notice. No hard feelings, though.
6/10
Official A Day to Remember Website
Official Indianola Records Website
