Still evolving, but not yet refined. It's still mostly hardcore punk with some post nods, and, most, importantly, structure. It's not the turning point that Metal Circus would be, but it's pretty clear by now these dude have a lot of pop melodies to offer. However, this 20-minute first album does sound too messy, and their knack for pop melodies hidden behind noisy punk does not shine as much as on their latest EP, In a Free Land. Some tracks do stand out, such as opener "From the Guts", the furiously memorable t/t and its post-punky lead guitar, "Target" and the pissed-off shout-along chorus (DON'T PARTICIPATE), and "Gravity" and its "solo". Gotta wait for the next few releases for the band to truly find their own sound, but they were already hinting at what they would become.
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