I remember when these guys were your regular "metalcore" back in '05-ish or so. They played a show at the local college and it was pretty sub-par. Guess they realized they need a gimmick.
this band is actually awesome, seen them live in uk both times they been here, they put an amazing show at both venues- they are amazingly fun and entertaining, think lasers, smoke machines, singer doing backflips on the smallest stage ever
Oh my god - I have to say, there are parts of this I fucking love...and then parts that are a little questionable. On the plus side, that main opening gallop-type riff was so fucking awesome, and there were moments with the vocal harmonies/grooves that I dug. On the questionable side, let's start with the lyrics - part of it is I've always hated lyrics about rockin' and such, but these were especially awful, and then "keep your bodies movin' to the rhythm of the beat", I'm sorry, is this a fucking hip hop/r'n'b song all of a sudden? And the fact that there was definitely a lot of emo in certain parts, especially the Panic! at the Disco dance sections (though they were admittedly infectious, in a kind of sick, filthy way ) And the "OOOH BIG TOUGHGUY GAGGLE GANG VOCALS" part hollering about various dance encouragements totally made me lose my shit
Overall, in my opinion, fails to transcend the fruity scenester emocorewhatever roots from which it hails. AND their Christian