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I Am Ghost look and sound a lot different than when
they first formed in 2004, they released their debut
album 'Lovers Requiem' in 2006 and went on to tour
across the world a few times over but it was the
summer of 2007 that saw changes happen within the
band with violinist Kerith Telestai announcing that
she was leaving the band due to health reasons,
this had a bit of a domino effect with Kerith's
husband Brian Telestai announcing that he was leaving
the band as well just a few days after, the band
have now since regrouped and filled the vacant positions
that opened when Mr and Mrs Telestai left the band
during the summer of 2007, the change of the bands
line up has obviously changed the bands sound, now
you’re never going to please everyone and
it has become a big debate between I Am Ghost fans,
a debate that I am not going to get involved in
and will leave everyone in peace to decide what
they prefer.
'Those We Leave Behind' is the second album release
from I am Ghost and is the first album to feature
the band with their all new line up. The album
starts off with 'We Dance With Monsters' which
is a spoken word introduction, with a girl telling
a spooky story introducing the album with her
softly spoken words. 'The first main track on
the album is 'Don't Wake Up' and the song is a
lot more chilled out than what I was expecting,
however frontman Steve Juliano has a great set
of vocals on him that are so chilled out and flow
so well in a way that I feel not many other people
will be able to pull off, there are additional
screamo vocals during the song giving the band
a bit of a Story Of The Year feel, the song is
a great start to the album and features a chorus
that just can’t be ignored.
The album title track 'Those We Leave Behind',
is a fast flowing melodic song with additional
screamo vocals to shake things up a bit, the guitar
riffs verge on the metal side of music whilst
the dual vocals mix the more melodic side of the
alternative music scene with screamo and the vocals
fit well on top of each other.
You can probably guess what themes are covered
on this album by either looking at the album cover,
the bands name, the album name or the track names,
the majority of the songs are about vampires,
murder, death and spooky scary stuff that happens
in the world after night, the lyrics are very
dark as you would expect from a band of this nature
and they are written in pretty much the same way
as bands such as AFI, Energy and Aiden pen there
songs.
The bands current single 'Bone Garden' is one
of the strongest tracks from the album, it’s
a really powerful melodic number that is crammed
full of noise and style, the song is bound to
leave you wanting to bop around your room to the
fast as fuck, catchy melodic sounds that I Am
Ghost provide you with in 'Bone Garden', the chorus
is as catchy as hell and you will find yourself
singing along word for word as the chorus flows
totally different and better than any of the other
chorus's on the album.
The album does run into a few sticky situations
and that’s in the way that it actually becomes
quite boring the longer that it runs and I think
that’s down to the fact that after about
6 songs into the album you have heard all the
best bits and the next 8 tracks prove to be a
painful ride with nothing coming at you that’s
going to stick in your head and become your next
favourite song.
The second album by I Am Ghost is a really interesting
offering, it has some really big songs on it but
it has way too much filler and not enough killer,
it’s definitely worth a listen but just
don’t hold your breath whilst expecting
something too thrilling.
3/5
Review by Trigger |
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Steve Juliano (Lead, Vocals)
Ron Ficarro (Bass, Vocals)
Timoteo Rosales III (Lead Guitar)
Justin McCarthy (Drums)
Chad Kulengosky (Rhythm Guitar,
Back up Vocals)
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1. Intro: We Dance With Monsters
2. Don't Wake Up
3. Those We Leave Behind
4. Buried Way Too Shallow
5. Bone Garden
6. Saddest Story Never Told
7. Smile of a Jesus Freak
8. So, I guess This Is Goodbye
9. Interlude: Remember This Face, Baby
10. Burn The Bodies To The Ground
11. Rock N' Roll High School Murder
12. Make Me Believe This Is Real
13. They Always Come Back
14. Set Me Free |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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What Was That? |
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