  
In the 29 years Falling in Reverse Ronnie Radke
has been on this planet he has had a pretty hectic
life which saw him get in trouble with the law
from an early age he then went on to front Escape
The Fate for their 2006 debut album ‘Dying
Is Your Latest Fashion’ but after this things
started to go downhill for Radke when he was involved
in an altercation in Las Vegas which resulted
in the death of an 18 year old which then resulted
in Radke being sentenced to prison for two years
and also being kicked out of Escape The Fate who
are now going from strength to strength with their
new front man Craig Mabbitt.
When Radke returned from prison back in 2010 he
wasted no time getting back to doing what he loves
doing most and released the debut Falling In Reverse
album ‘The Drug In Me Is You’, now
2 years later Falling In Reverse are back with
their second studio album ‘Fashionably Late’
and my god it is one interesting listen, seriously
on first listen you won’t know what has
hit you as the album is truly bonkers, one minute
you feel like you are listening to a hardcore
album, the next a pop album and then a dub step
album and then all the random talking meets rap
vocals throughout various songs is added to the
mix to confuse things even more.
The album opens with ‘Champion’ a
song which opens with chugging guitar riffs and
scream vocals, yet 40 seconds in the song goes
pop with melodic vocals coming in and a big catchy
chorus which has huge gang vocals of “woaaaaah
woaaaah”, as the song progresses it repeats
this motion of beafy guitar, screamo vocals and
then a big pop chorus but as the song reaches
the 2minute mark things change even further as
Radke let’s rip and lays down what feels
like 200 words in the matter of seconds as he
raps till his heart’s content and this is
followed on by an extreme burst of instrumental
energy and death metal screams.
‘Bad Girls Club’ opens with some girls
screaming and having a chit chat and moments later
Radke’s poppy vocals come in as the song
goes down a big synth pop route with Radke singing
about how he has bad luck with girls, musically
the song is very cheesy sounding kind of in the
way that Metro Stations ‘Shake It’
was cheesy however one listen of the song it will
be lodged in your head for days to come as let’s
face it Falling In Reverse know how to pen irritatingly
catchy songs, lyrically the song is mad with Radke
singing about Twitter, Facebook, Google and even
spelling out the C word which so many people find
offensive.
‘Rolling Stone’ leaves you one minute
thinking you are listening to Good Charlotte and
then the next Cannibal Corpse and then Skrillex
as the song really does change from the one extreme
to the other in the matter of seconds and this
is what makes Falling In Reverse interesting yet
completely bonkers at the same time.
The two singles to be released from the album
so far are the title track ‘Fashionably
Late’ and ‘Alone’ and both tracks
feature the big mix of synths, pop vocals, screamo
vocals, rap vocals and instrumental work which
changes with what style the vocals are in at any
one moment, lyrically both songs are poorly written
with the title track talking about Facebook again
and meeting up with friends, whilst the later
of the two tracks touches on everything from Gucci,
Charlie Sheen, Pampers, Sex and breaking peoples
neck whilst also name checking the band.
‘Fashionably Late’ features 12 tracks
and runs for just under 50minutes and due to the
many different music styles featured within and
the poorly written lyrics it is safe to call the
album a marmite album as you are either going
to love it or hate it, musically you have heard
everything on offer before but never this mashed
up whilst lyrically you know your baby brother
or sister could do a better job with the empty
space in their colouring book and caryola crayon,
but that’s not to say that ‘Fashionably
Late’ is not worth a listen as I can see
this becoming many people’s guilty pleasure.
3.5/5
Review by Trigger
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