 |
| Album
Review |
|
|
 
Since A Day To Remember formed back in 2003 they
have grown from a local band with a small dedicated
fan base to a huge worldwide success who are now
one of the most recognised bands in the whole metal-core
scene and it is easy to see why as the band are
forever touring and releasing new material with
only a mere 18 months passing between the release
of their third album ‘Homesick’ and
their latest album ‘What Separates Me From
You’.
‘What Separates Me From You’ is the
bands third album with Victory Records and was
produced by Chad Gilbert from New Found Glory
and it is a short sweet album that has ten tracks
which run for a total of just over 30minutes which
will have you slamming that repeat button down
as soon as the final guitar riff is laid down
on the closing track ‘If I Leave’.
The album opens in a proper hectic way with the
ever so fierce sounding ‘Sticks And Bricks’
with frontman Jeremy Mckinnon screaming his lungs
out within the opening seconds and moments later
the big sounding guitars come in with proper jaw
dropping loud riffs and like true A Day To Remember
style the song has a big melodic chorus which
just shows off the bands cross over sound.
‘All I Want’ is the band’s
latest single and it starts off in a more toned
down way from the opening track and grows into
a melodic radio friendly anthem that is just crying
to be played out on radio 1 but these days if
your name aint Coldplay or Kings Of Leon then
you have no hope.
‘It’s Complicated’ is a proper
bounce along number that has some fantastic basslines
on offer , once again the song is really radio
friendly and melodic and is also just crying out
to be played on the radio as it has that commercial
sound about it.
‘This Is The House That Double Built’
is so different from anything that A Day To Remember
have done it is like they have taken the whole
hardcore style down a stadium rock route, its
big sounding with lots of backing chants of ‘Woaaah’
but has to be the weakest offering on the album.
‘2ND Sucks’ is one of the first songs
that A Day To Remember and their record label
Victory Records played to the world from the new
album by putting little 50 second clips up on
their My Space page, the song only actually runs
for 2minutes and 28seconds and is a proper mosh
pit anthem, opening with a Street Fighter style
sound over of “Fight” before exploding
into a massive flurry of hectic instrumental work
which is both bound to make you go mental in the
mosh pit and secondly want to pick up an instrument
yourself.
The best song to sing-a-long to on the album
is ‘All Signs Point To Lauderdale’
as pretty much everyone can relate to the melodic
lyrics of "I hate this town, it’s all
washed up, and all my friends don’t give
a fuck, they’ll tell me that it’s
just bad luck, when will I find where I fit in?"
sometime in their lives, even if you can’t
relate to the lyrics you will find it near impossible
not to bop and sing-a-long.
‘You Be Tails, I’ll Be Sonic’
is one of the most creative songs on the album,
the title is quite weird being named after characters
from the classic Sega computer game Sonic The
Hedgehog however the song is actually about second
guessing leaving a girlfriend and is one hell
of a mental song and has all the best elements
of a true classic A Day To Remember tune with
its fast paced hectic instrumental work, screamo
vocals and then the more clean cut melodic chorus.
The album closes with ‘If A Leave’
a perfect song that has that whole radio friendly
feel about it from start to finish with frontman
Jeremy Mckinnon’s vocals coming along more
melodic than ever before.
Overall A Day To Remember have made an album
that is more radio friendly than it is hardcore
this time but you can clearly see that as they
are progressing as a band they are slowly leaving
their angry roots behind and morphing into a more
happy band whilst still having a few angry moments
just to please the hardcore following they have
had since day one, I believe that hardcore fans
of the band will be more than happy with the album
and also believe that A Day To Remember are going
to get a whole lot more popular as they kick off
2011 with an UK tour on the back of this outstanding
album.
5/5
Review by Trigger |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Band
Members |
|
|
Jeremy McKinnon
Neil Westfall
Kevin Skaff
Joshua Woodard
Alex Shelnutt |
|
|
|
|
|
| Track
Listing |
|
|
1. Sticks & Bricks
2. All I Want
3. It's All Complicated
4. This Is The House That Doubt Built
5. 2nd Sucks
6. Better Off This Way
7. All Signs Point To Lauderdale
8. You Be Tails, I'll Be Sonic
9. Out Of Time
10. If I Leave |
|
|
|
|
|
| Band
Related Links |
|
|
| Review
Score Code |
|
|
- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
-
What Was That? |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
