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Review Summary: There's something in the water in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Hailing from lancaster, this town has been pumping out some truly talented bands lately: august burns red, texas in july, this or the apocalypse to name a couple. Now, if you've been keeping up with this band from their first ep, you realize a dramatic improvement from "Salt of the Earth."
Immediately pressing play you notice the vocals have improved tremendously, i dont know what their vocalist has been doing but i like it. Needless to say the drums are impeccable throughout every song. and while the bass is hard to find under it all, the guitars seem almost uninspired at many points. In turn, leaving a couple songs sounding very similar and uninteresting at certain points. Elements, Lancaster, and Satelittes (Geoff from Gwen Stacy appearing in guest vocals in this track) all tend to sound somewhat alike to one another. Switching from one point in one of these three songs to another you could swear you're listening to the same song. That is the major downside of this album, making it overall uneventful.
Otherwise I Am exceeds the previous release, two songs are kept from the ep though. Those being Hook Line, and Sinner and Reflections. Reflections being a stronger more guitar oriented song on the album, and hookline seeming to be the standout song and my personal favorite on the cd. Crushing breakdowns and melodic scales are sure to be found picking up this album while they are also found to be extremely overdone.
For being so young, i would say this band is just starting to show what they are capable of. Although "I Am" hasn't done anything incredible for the genre, Texas In July is showing that they are here to stay.
Recommended Tracks:
Hook Line, and Sinner
Aurora
I Am Yours
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xTevinx (2.5)
Central PA is turning out to be a breeding ground for bands, too bad most of them sound alike....
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so are these guys christian or somethin?
good review but you really need to learn how to Capitalize, lulz
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They are pretty much August Burns red rip offs.
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all of them are younger then 19 and they are heavily influenced by August Burns Red.
As long as they keep the breakdowns to a minimum or use them properly, should be something special
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i like the end to Hook, Line, and Sinner.
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ok review for a first, a bit awkward but still good
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Seriously these guys couldnt be more of an exact replica of ABR if they tried! They even have a bloody name of the month in their name.
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I'll give this a listen for the simple fact that I enjoy ABR. Good review.
Edit: Yea, this is average at best. Shows potential, but this sound has been done way too many times before, and better (ABR).
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i was born in August.
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^Damn, I missed your birthday.
| | | Album Rating: 3.5
Lol. This is ABR's retard brother
They even put in excessive amounts of china in their br00tal breakd0wnz
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“The fact is,” Maurer continues, “Without God, none of us would have the ability to do anything that we do. He has blessed us in so many ways, so this is almost our way to return the favor."
| | | Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off
Yeah, although the sound has been done before and better of course by ABR, there's just something I love about these guys. They actually do some cool stuff that ABR never does like the track "I Am Yours" and like the sweeping solos in Reflections. Even though I rated this album a 4, it's really a 3.5, but i just really like these guys
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These have really got to branch out away from the August Burns Red sound. Thery can't really do much more with their sound at the moment, since that will practically have them playing ABR songs live.
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Yea, I decided to be kind and give this a 3. They are certainly talented. It will be interesting to see if they can progress with their next album.
| | | Album Rating: 4.0
These kids are so sick,
I just discovered them not too long ago thanks to Last.fm and did some research and some listening and for being so young I'm blown away by the musical talent and songwriting capability these kids have shown me just from one debut album. The recording is awesome and the guitar work never stops to please from catchy riffs to crushing breakdown and chuggs that are anything from cliche. Honestly the highlight of the album is their drummer: Adam Grey who isn't older than 17 years old coming in strong with phenomenal ride, double bass, fills, and head work unlike any other providing with interesting songs from start to finish.
Not to mention all of these guys have a passion for the Lord and play whole heartily for God.
These guys are gonna blow up I think, something like what happened to The Devil Wears Prada...I can't wait to see how they progress
| | | Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off
I've heard this album before, but I thought it was called Messengers? Oh wait...
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the ending of Hook Line and Sinner really brings the groove. i love that part.
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holy shit.... I heard these guys back in like 07... it was awesome. i knew they were gonna make it someday. and interesting fact: the guitarist from this band is cousins with the guitarist from August Burns red. and they're both from Lancaster, thats probably why they sound so similar
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What an annoying band. Several riffs are so close to August Burns Red. Can't really say anything bad musician wise, but the talent of this band is reciprocal with ABR.
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If August Burns Red and these guys combined, it would be quite the Metalcore super-band.
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