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Review Summary: No pulse All the songs on Wait For Love bleed together. There’s nothing discernable from track to track, they all have the same clean tone arpeggios and chords, the same low energy singing, the same one-octave melodies - the only thing that sways, changes at all is the drums. Pianos Become The Teeth’s drummer David Haik does some serious heavy lifting. Since every song sounds the same, and songs have no observable structure because of their sameness musically, the drummer is forced to play defining part after defining part, constantly changing up his approach and feeling with every beat change. It’s remarkable and depressing at the same time because such a talented drummer should not have to supplant such bland, lifeless music. And without his varied drumming, this album would be nothing, because it’s almost impossible to convey emotion without some sort of change in sound or dynamics throughout a record.
Abandoning their screamo roots was a mistake. Going into their last record Keep You, Pianos Become The Teeth dropped the screaming vocals, the distortion, and the passion in their music. Their new brand of dynamic-free and biteless indie rock didn’t work on Keep You, and it still doesn’t work on Wait For Love, the only difference is the drummer has learned how to stay afloat in a sea of mediocrity. Kyle Durfey is still incapable of melodic singing, still founders around the same one octave, never alternating in volume, cadence, or pitch - he’s still an emotionless husk of his former self. It’s completely disheartening, thinking about how his passionate screaming on "I’ll Get By" still makes me cry every time, yet every time I listen to their two newest records I’m struggling to stay awake. I don’t know where this band can go from here, and if I could give the drummer a piece of advice, I’d tell him to join a better band.
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Album Rating: 2.3
This album doesn't deserve one paragraph, but here's two
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Harsh Treb. Thoughts on the closer Blue? I think you would like that one more than the rest of the album.
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Dude they all sound the same
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"Kyle Durfey is still incapable of melodic singing, still founders around the same one octave, never alternating in volume, cadence, or pitch - he’s still an emotionless husk of his former self."
And that boys sums up this record. Shame because the music is there for a vocalist who can take chances.
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Blue is the most emotional and somber sounding. Much different vibe than the rest of the album, but hey man I hope it grows on ya.
| | | Album Rating: 2.3
I remember Blue boring me slightly less
| | | Album Rating: 2.5
I imagine your av was your face the whole time while listening to this
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yeah, I've heard everything and I'm such a cynical fuck at this point
Man Hiding is so good, with the like half singing/half screaming, and actual distortion and dynamics, I don't know why they didn't just keep going in that direction
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Hiding is one of their best songs for sure. Even an EP of songs like that one would be amazing... Too bad Durfey laid off the skramz.
| | | Album Rating: 3.5
I still like this, but no where close to The Lack Long After.
| | | Album Rating: 4.0
Gee whiz this is a bit harsh
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#banTreb amirite
good review though. As much I as I like this I understand why people wouldn't. It does get rather samey. Still though, it's a really nice record.
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Trebor in with the hype killer !!
| | | Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off
let the thread riots ensue
| | | Album Rating: 2.3
droppin panties, droppin averages
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lol nice
| | | Album Rating: 2.3
Anyone see Black Panther yet?
Best Marvel film yet
| | | Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off
will probably see it Monday
| | | Album Rating: 4.5
Vicious review, my dude
| | | Album Rating: 3.0
This was expected I think.
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