Lyrics are reminiscent of System of a Down or La Dispute, seeing as they range between extremely obvious socio-political messages and much deeper, more personal lyrics that often come across as a sociological message anyway. So kind of in between Sunny Day Real Estate, Touche Amore or Brand New and Circle Takes the Square or King Crimson.
Sounds like CTTS with the screams at times, while other times they sound like I Would Set Myself On Fire For You (and CTTS's slightly more melodic segments) when they sing, especially in unison. On the other hand, they manage to mix in songs with guitars that sound almost like Folk music (Folk Punk especially, obviously) and the song A Conversation sounds like something from La Dispute's early work on Hear, Hear.
It's a shame they didn't put out anything more, because in my eyes Voice is a near-perfect album. Unlike so many bands that try to be "intelligent" or "deep," (think Tool and Mastodon) 1905 has the courage to be slightly inventive without lauding their ingenuity as if they're kings of the universe while also focusing on the passion and meanings they put into the music, unlike the plethora of bands that make "honest" music about things that they don't actually care about or that are simply immature and sophomoric (think Taking Back Sunday and post-Pinkerton Weezer).
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