I finally got this CD off of Amazon, since this wasn’t at any of the music stores I go to. I have to admit, it was the best…$5 I’ve ever spent!
This is the second EP by AFI. This EP has two tracks that made it to the Retrospective;
The Offspring covered one track from this album on the Me, Myself and Irene soundtrack (which everyone knows about by now) and AFI did a cover song that was originally written by Glenn Danzig from
The Misfits.
Fall Children
This song is what you’d expect from an album called All Hallow’s EP. It starts off with guitar lines that aren’t very loud, but still goes good with the theme on this album. The guitars eventually gain some treble. Davey starts singing and then the song starts to get real fast with excellent drum works by Adam. Davey does his usual high singing with the occasional “woah-ohh” for background vocals, which is done by everyone, by the way. In the middle of the song, the beat slows down, and a lot more background singing which worked great for this song. Around the end of the song, it picks up speed again with a chimey percussion right at the end. I almost forgot about mentioning that this song made it to the retrospective.
Halloween
The song AFI chose to cover. It starts off with eerie chords and then chords that are easier to listen. Everybody singing “Hallowee-ee-ee-en” will keep you hooked to this song. Don’t expect it to last though, because it’s only 1 and a half minutes long. The other half of the song has somewhat creepy piano playing with other strange effects getting louder and louder as it goes along. Then it gets quiet again.
The Boy Who Destroyed the World
The one song on this EP I’m not very interested in. It sounds a lot like Sacrifice Theory to me. The drums in this one are similar to the first song and the background voices are not so great. I do like the outro, which is a thunderstorm. Another thing is that it’s not repetitive. You can tell by the change of pace in the interlude.
Totalimmortal
One of my favorite AFI songs ever! It has fast guitar chords at the start and chorus, bass lines in the verses that were well done, and the variation they did in the middle of the song. More ohhs from the background singers, but with one difference: They’ve done the best background singing in this song. This is the song The Offspring covered on the Me, Myself and Irene soundtrack. Not only that, but it’s the second song on this album that made it on the retrospective.
What I liked:
-In a way, it lets you know what to expect for The Art of Drowning.
-AFI found a way to make Halloween longer
What I didn’t like:
-There were only 4 songs. Seeing that this is how EPs are usually done, however, I’m not going to lower their score for that.
The final score:
Fall Children- 4/5
Halloween- 4.5/5
The Boy Who Destroyed the World- 3.5/5
Totalimmortal- 5/5 (Best song)
(If I didn't do a track-by-track, this would be a really short review!)
