Counterparts
You're Not You Anymore


4.0
excellent

Review

by Brandon Scott EMERITUS
July 24th, 2018 | 56 replies


Release Date: 2017 | Tracklist

Review Summary: God would break character if he could for a chance to spit in your face

It’s no easy feat to combine technicality with genuinely emotional promulgations – let alone do it for five albums straight – but Counterparts are just that good. Even without principal songwriter and lead guitarist Jesse Doreen who departed in 2016, You’re Not You Anymore is able to ply the line between late ’90s hardcore brutality and emo earnestness better than most. Newly minted guitar duo Adrian Lee and Blake Hardman are relentless in their craft, their riffs a melange of the metal and core genres. “Thieves”‘s brutish hardcore beatdowns pulverize bone to dust, while “Bouquet”‘s nuanced progression sees the guitars trading off harmonized licks left and right. Whether behind atmospheric swathes or in utter chaos vocalist Brendan Murphy remains steadfast and confident in his delivery. “Carry me forever in your heart,” he bellows in the breakdown of “Arms Like Teeth”, one of the shortest but most effecting passages on the album; his lyrics throughout You’re Not You Anymore all stand the test of genuity, but like any good hardcore album, his pre-breakdown call(s)-to-arms provide some of the best moments on the album. Counterparts clearly still have the magic, and though they may have lost a limb in Jesse, if You’re Not You Anymore is any indication, they haven’t lost their heart.



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Comments:Add a Comment 
TheSpirit
Emeritus
July 24th 2018


30304 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

this is honestly, the last one :p

JayEnder
July 24th 2018


21026 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Sweet lil review man you should review their new EP when it comes out!

Hawks
July 24th 2018


93353 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

Nice review as always brotha.

Sowing
Moderator
July 24th 2018


44463 Comments


I like this style I think it suits you well. And with people's attention spans these days this might actually be the way to go. You just have to be able to pull it off which I think you do.

JayEnder
July 24th 2018


21026 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Also Fragile Limbs is becoming my all time favorite by them. Can’t fucking wait to hear new jams already

SteakByrnes
July 24th 2018


30357 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Dude Spirit nice :] Album owns, review is great

TheSpirit
Emeritus
July 24th 2018


30304 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Hey thank you very much anyone :]

po0ty
July 25th 2018


704 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Lyrics in Arms Like Teeth are 'Carry me forever in your heart' not 'Keep me forever in heart'

JayEnder
July 25th 2018


21026 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

^ the one mistake I found too. Flawless otherwise, my dude.

AeonAscension
July 25th 2018


11 Comments


good review

TheSpirit
Emeritus
July 25th 2018


30304 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Whoop, fixed, don’t know what happened there lol



And thanks everyone :]

Risodo
July 25th 2018


666 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

Short reviews are more helpful. Good review of a great album

Hawks
July 25th 2018


93353 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

Great review of a shitty album agreed.

Observer
Emeritus
July 25th 2018


9432 Comments


hell yeah, adam thomas style

Themaxwell23
July 25th 2018


150 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

My album of the year last year . Shit slays , wastes no time no filler ( besides intro track ) just straight to the point , brutal and beautiful.

TheSpirit
Emeritus
July 25th 2018


30304 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

thanks ya'll



also yeah Jared, definitely channeling my inner redskyformiles haha

JayEnder
February 11th 2023


21026 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Why does Thieves floor it so fucking ahrd

bellovddd
July 18th 2023


6713 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

on further listen. This is truly a 4

bellovddd
August 25th 2023


6713 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Aim your sharpest arrow at the center of my chest

A memorial to signify the sense of helplessness

bellovddd
November 3rd 2023


6713 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I couldn't love who you were, but you're not you anymore.





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