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Before I even received the new album by Set Your
Goals, I went and checked out a few reviews for
it as it was an album I had been looking forward
to and I wanted to see what others thought of it
and so far I haven’t managed to come across
a good review with one publication giving the album
a 1 out of 10 rating which makes me question if
they actually even listened to the album as it is
a classic fast and furious poppy-punk record from
start to finish and features a few special guest
musicians from the friends set Your Goals have gathered
during their time as a band.
From the blasting open moments of ‘This
Will Be The Death Of Us’ you know that you
are in for a good with the new Set Your Goals
album, the open guitar riffs come at you of a
speed of 100 miles per hour and pretty much every
track on the album keeps up that fast paced guitar
driven formula and the album rocks out right until
the group sing-a-long vocals of ‘Our Ethos:
A Legacy To Pass On’.
‘With Hoffman Lenses We Will See The Truth’
is a short instrumental track and the guitar riffs
are fantastic, the track may seem a bit pointless
but when you have guitar riffs as fast and sharp
as this you need to show them off, it would of
been better hearing them in a full length song
but doesn’t happen.
‘Look Closer’ is a proper sing-a-long
poppy-punk track that has radio friendly single
written all over it, think of the most melodic
song from bands such as New Found Glory, Zebrahead
and I Hate Kate well this song is right up there
with those bands and songs.
‘Summer Jam’ features some proper
catchy yet bouncy bass lines, once again the vocals
are very fast and melodic, to start with the song
will have you tapping your feet along and by the
end you will have left your seat and be moving
around your room like you have been let out of
your padded cell for the day, this is set Your
Goals at their upmost catchy best, the end of
the song features a massive melodic group chant-a-long
that you will not be forgetting for a while.
The song that will stick out the most to people
on the album is ‘The Few That Remain’
as it features Hayley Williams from Paramore on
guest vocals and she does a really good job, there
is a bit of talking banter between Hayley and
the members of Set Your goals mid song which show
that serious is not the name of the game here
but having fun is, when Hayley’s vocals
come in towards the later part of the song it
is good hearing her compete with the more hardcore
vocal style of Set Your Goals, it works very well.
‘Equals’ is a really good melodic
song, whilst ‘Gaia Bleeds (Make Way For
Men)’ has Set Your Goals return to their
hardcore ways and the power, attitude, passion
and aggression of the song is enough to rip a
few extra holes in your speakers, ‘Arrival
Notes’ is the token acoustic song that bands
seem to have to have on their albums these days,
but this one is a bit different as it is a full
on minute long instrumental piece.
The album closes with ‘Our Ethos: A Legacy
To Pass On’ the song is really hard hitting
and also the longest running track on the album
running well into the 4minutes mark, the song
features guest vocals from Chad Gilbert of New
Found Glory, the song is melodic but it is also
has a hardcore edge in places giving it that 90’s
skate punk feeling.
Set your goals have hinted that this could well
be there last album even though it is only their
second album, and if the name is anything to go
by then it could well be the case but let’s
hope not as at the moment I am really loving what
Set Your Goals do they have that perfect sound
that combines poppy-punk with hardcore but never
goes to extreme with each way it turns.
Once you listen to ‘This Will Be The Death
Of Us’ you will be addicted and want to
check these guys out on the live circuit.
4/5
Review by Trigger |
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Matt Wilson (Vocals)
Jordan Brown (Vocals)
Joe Saucedo (Bass)
Michael Ambrose (Drums)
Audelio Flores, Jr (Guitar)
Daniel Coddaire (Guitar) |
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1. This will be the death of us
2. With hoffman lenses we will see the truth
3. Look closer
4. Summer jam
5. Like you to me
6. The fallen...
7. The few that remain
8. Equals
9. Gaia bleeds (make way for man)
10. Flawed methods of persecution & punishment
11. Arrival notes
12. Our ethos: a legacy to pass on |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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What Was That? |
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