Drop Dead Gorgeous :"Daggers"

The only album I've owned by this band was their 2007 "Worse Than a Fairytale," which was pretty dark and emotionally crushing. I had to go back and listen to that album again after a few minutes into this one to make sure it was the same band. Part of the difference here is the modern production sound that pushes them in a more Bad Omens direction. The vocals are less painfully emotional and carry more of the current pop sound these bands have been adopting; there are some heavier riffs, and the vocals do build into a more aggressive exclamation by the end. 

"Sink Your Teeth" has this newer anthemic quality that finds them not really sticking to their guns. I don't hear this as them pushing their original sound forward but trying to find their relevance in today's environment, which might have been done more organically; they could have gone heavier, but this is the direction they chose; "Six Feet:" almsot has more of a pop-punk feel. "Ghosts" starts off with a more harcore energy attacking the song before the chorus. 

I played "Burn" three times, and it never stuck with me; there is a predictable pop-punk ebb and flow from the verse to the chorus build-up. What they do now works best on the song "Feels Like Forever," which taps into more emotional honesty as they reflect on their drug use. Overall what they are doing works for what it is I am just not sure what this is works for who they are as a band even taki9ng into consderation that almot 20 years have passed since the album I want to compare this to . I will give it an 8. 

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