This band from Chicago set out to not be another beat down hardcore band. They succeeded in that. They are more of a hard core band than a punk band. I have read a great deal trying to describe this band as playful. They are not as serious as Integrity. They are still pretty angry. They are fun and at first their thrashing way inspired me to nod my head to the riffs, but about four songs in it all starts to sound the same. The songs are really well produced. Their singer's voice is aggressive enough to convince me she means it. The dive bombing riffs have ample metal influence.
However by "Poser Bulldozer" I am beginning to get bored. The chorus works well enough, but every hard core cliché has been milked in the first five songs already, so they need to start showing me more sonic colors. They meet me half way with the riff that leads into "Hard 2 Kill" though there vocalist has begun to sound like she is rapping when it comes to spitting it out to the more up tempo sections. "Not Yours" finds her angry when it comes to the finer points of defining relationships and perhaps social interaction.
The title track does not veer from what they have already established as their sound throughout the first eight songs. There is a breakdown where they try to get funky with it , but that never comes about. The guitar solos are lackluster color by numbers rock n roll. By the time it gets to "Redacted" this album is becoming something I am enduring for the sake of the review rather than enjoying like the first couple songs. "Kick Rocks" tries faster rather than better for mixed results, it does make the break downs stand out. The last song "Youth" is pretty stereotypical hardcore punk, I will give this album a 5.5, it starts good then falls apart, hard to believe Revolver listed this in their best hardcore albums of the year so far, guess their writers do not know shit about hardcore.
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