 | Tracklist:
1. Dreaming
2. Real & True
3. Within My Heart
4. More Than Yesterday
5. Calling
6. Two Faced
7. Crossroads
8. Incomparable
9. Too Late
10. You Should Know
11. When You Wake Up
12. Lost
13. Last Goodbye
bonus tracks
14. Unhateable
15. Painting Sadows
16. Holding On
17. Away
Release Date: 09/21/2011 | |
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Incomparable tells the story of a band who once had some kind of promise, but ending up wanting to i... |
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| Summary: Dead By April are once again doing what they do best: nothing. |
6 of 6 thought this review was well written
Dead By April are not as unique or good as they probably think they are, but it matters not. Their radio-humping material is perfect for newcomers to music who will one day regret listening to the band, and that’s the extent of their power (unless you are like me and sometimes cannot resist listening to guilty pleasures, but I wouldn’t recommend it). If you’ve heard their debut album before, you probably know exactly what this is going to sound like: alt metal with a tendency for mundane, metalcore styled riffs, splattered screams, slopped synthesizers, and a bucket full of goopy inspiration from teeny bopper boy bands like ‘N Sync and Backstreet Boys. As expected, the band haven’t budged one iota from their formula, and why would they? It sells albums and probably gets them laid, so they might as well continue making their boring music. Heaven help us.
Imagine psytrance. Now imagine those synth lines being laced with metalcore breakdowns. The result is a never-ending onslaught of synths that completely drown out the band (especially the lead guitar). This is literally the only musical evolution found in the album besides having a new singer. Having a new singer doesn’t change anything either, because Zandro sounds eerily similar to their previous vocalist. Also, his vocals are geared for young girls, as he sings the heart-throbbing “yeeeah” and “heeey” whenever possible. Additionally, autotune dominates the singer’s voice to the point of simultaneous frustration and hilarity (for example, the chorus of ‘Incomparable’). Dead By April aren’t winning any points from their soulless approach to music.
Even though the melodies in the album can be nice, that’s the only appeal of the album. Overproduction is their nemesis and murders the crap out of any potential their soundscape once had. The main guitar is horribly compressed and has a generally poor tone, the drums are badly mixed, the synths are too loud, the bass might as well not exist, etc. For a band that is so focused on smooth, accessible, throw-away melodies, the overproduction disintegrates their already destroyed creation. Perhaps the horrible, murky noise was their attempt at sounding more metal, which would be an excuse at the very least, but they can’t even claim that. Incomparable fails on all levels.
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My first review as a contributor! :P
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YES A PIZZAMACHINE CONTRIBUTOR LOCK ME AWAY AND PUT AWAY THE KEY I'M GOING IN DRY LIKE A MAN OUTSIDE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 43 YEARS REVIEW
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First contrib review and he gets negged?
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Awesome review Pizza. This album/band sounds fucking awful.
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It's no big deal, pizza - people are just going to troll neg, but it's no reflection on your writing, unless of course they have the balls to explain why they neg'd. Anyways, I enjoyed this review and will be steering very clear of this, lol. Pos.
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Thanks a lot guys! :]
Suck me off.
Talk about hard love amirite?
unless of course they have the balls to explain why they neg'd.
This has only happened to me once.
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I neg'd because i love you
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My approval fell below 90% the other day 
although reading back on my earlier reviews they're not very good.
how come you explain how bad this album is and then you 2.5 it?
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Wonderful first contrib review my friend. Here's to many more! : D
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how come you explain how bad this album is and then you 2.5 it?
Cause for some weird reason sputnik sees anything that's 3/5 or lower as bad lol.
although reading back on my earlier reviews they're not very good.
Neither were mine, I'm surprised that they haven't been neg'd to hell.
My first review as a contributor!
Not sure if I congratulated you yet Pizza, so here it is; Congratulations! As for the review, you win a POS. : ]
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Just stopped by to tell you that it makes me so happy to see the word "CONTRIBUTOR" next to your name, Pizz =)
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good review pizza
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Congrats Pizza :D And yea, these guys are pretty bad.
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Summary is perfect!
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