Faultless? No. Surprising? In good and bad ways...
Alot more polished than the multiple EP's they released, this album shows the start of a new direction for Aus punk, and should be the measure-stick for which that is measured.
Few records give out an immediately negative response. But upon hearing this album, the first words I said? "Are you fucking serious?".
To put it lightly, this band is a joke- everything from the black-clad desperate fashion to the hugely irritating vocals. Even when they try and get quasi-political on "The Bonesman", it again results in the band embarrassing themselves. A very poor release from five sadly-potential-filled young men with dollar signs in their eyes.
I love this band, and i cant understand why some people rubbish it out so much. And/Or call them emo. For me this is their best album by far, with most songs being pretty catchy. Children of the broken hearted would have to be my fav song.
This is a horrid scene pleasing release from a band clearly doing this out of fashion and fame in an area stale and turgid with similar minded artists eg. The Getaway Plan.
This is NOT emo.
