| 3.0 good |
| A Day To Remember And Their Name Was Treason |
| A Day To Remember For Those Who Have Heart |
| A Lot Like Birds DIVISI |
| A Perfect Circle Eat the Elephant |
| AFI AFI (The Blood Album) |
| Alkaline Trio Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs |
| Arcade Fire The Suburbs |
| As Cities Burn Son, I Loved You at Your Darkest |
| As Everything Unfolds Ultraviolet |
| As I Lay Dying Frail Words Collapse |
| Bayside The Walking Wounded |
| Bayside Vacancy |
| Catch 22 Permanent Revolution |
| Catch 22 Alone in a Crowd |
| Chiodos All's Well That Ends Well |
| Circa Survive Juturna |
| Comeback Kid Broadcasting |
| Copeland Eat, Sleep, Repeat |
| Dance Gavin Dance Artificial Selection |
| Day of Contempt The Will To Live |
| Deas Vail White Lights |
| Death Cab for Cutie Narrow Stairs |
| Death Cab for Cutie Codes and Keys |
| Deftones Adrenaline |
| Deftones Deftones |
| Dustin Kensrue The Water and the Blood |
| Every Time I Die Gutter Phenomenon |
| Five Iron Frenzy Quantity Is Job 1 |
| Foo Fighters Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace |
| From Autumn to Ashes The Fiction We Live |
| From First to Last Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has a Body Count |
| From First to Last Heroine |
| Funeral for a Friend Memory and Humanity |
| Further Seems Forever The Moon Is Down |
| Hands Like Houses Atmospherics |
| The new vocalist is fine and I sincerely hope they discover a sound that benefits their new composition. Unfortunately, all of the songs blend together. This is most likely due to the fact that the album is composed of multiple EPs, released at different stages. As an entire album, it's too much and while none of the songs are bad, there isn't a single song that stands out as being better than average. Regardless, it's important to recognize that this isn't the HLH that we've grown to love, but the potential still exists. |
| Hawthorne Heights The Silence in Black and White |
| Incubus (USA-CA) Fungus Amongus |
| La Dispute Rooms of the House |
| Less Than Jake Borders and Boundaries |
| Less Than Jake B Is for B-sides |
| Linkin Park From Zero |
| Manchester Orchestra Cope |
| Mastodon Remission |
| Mastodon The Hunter |
| Matchbook Romance Stories and Alibis |
| Matchbook Romance West For Wishing EP |
| Motion City Soundtrack I Am the Movie |
| Panic! at the Disco Vices & Virtues |
| Paramore All We Know Is Falling |
| Periphery Periphery |
| Periphery Periphery II: This Time It's Personal |
| PVRIS Use Me |
| Radiohead Pablo Honey |
| Reel Big Fish Cheer Up! |
| Rise Against Appeal to Reason |
| Rise Against Endgame |
| Roper Brace Yourself For The Mediocre |
| Saosin In Search Of Solid Ground |
| Save Ferris It Means Everything |
| Saves the Day Can't Slow Down |
| Saves the Day Daybreak |
| Sherwood A Different Light |
| Silverstein Arrivals and Departures |
| Silverstein I Am Alive In Everything I Touch |
| Silverstein Misery Made Me |
| Snow Patrol Eyes Open |
| Taking Back Sunday Taking Back Sunday |
| Taking Back Sunday 152 |
| The Almost Monster, Monster |
| The Decemberists What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World |
| The Decemberists I’ll Be Your Girl |
| The Devil Wears Prada Dear Love: A Beautiful Discord |
| The Devil Wears Prada Plagues |
| The Devil Wears Prada The Act |
| The Dillinger Escape Plan One of Us Is the Killer |
| The Forecast In The Shadow Of Two Gunmen |
| The Forecast Late Night Conversations |
| The Juliana Theory Love |
| The Living End Modern Artillery |
| The Offspring Americana |
| The Used Shallow Believer |
| The Used Vulnerable |
| The Used Toxic Positivity |
| Third Eye Blind Third Eye Blind |
| Thrice Palms |
| Thrice Horizons/West |
| Thursday Waiting |
| Underoath The Changing Of Times |
| Underoath Erase Me |
| Underoath Voyeurist |
| Yellowcard When You're Through Thinking, Say Yes |
| Zebrahead Waste of Mind |
| Zebrahead Playmate of the Year |
| 2.5 average |
| 3OH!3 Want |
| A Day To Remember Big Ole Album Vol. 1 |
| Alexisonfire Old Crows / Young Cardinals |
| Alkaline Trio Agony and Irony |
| Armor For Sleep Smile For Them |
| Dance Gavin Dance Acceptance Speech |
| Dance Gavin Dance Afterburner |
| Dead American New Nostalgia |
As a personal fan of Saosin's self-titled album and underdog stories, I'm glad that Cove has made
his return and I'm honestly rooting for him. However, New Nostalgia is a good album for what it
offers, but nothing more. The primary issue that I have with the album is that Cove is featured
high in the mix. Unfortunately, his voice isn't great and his lyrics are mediocre at best, which
has a tendency to bring the album down. This could have easily been addressed during production or
while deciding who to feature within each track. Cove has many strengths, but his weaknesses were
weighted equally in the song structures and mixing. Additionally, the band members fail to
distinguish themselves from Saosin's familiar style and flair, rarely offering new ideas or
soundscapes. In short, if any song from New Nostalgia appeared in a shuffled playlist, I wouldn't
press the skip button, however, there isn't a single song on the album that inspires me to return
for a repeat listen. Ultimately, New Nostalgia is a missed opportunity by Dead American to make a
profound statement, or differentiate themselves from their contemporaries. |
| From Autumn to Ashes Abandon Your Friends |
| From First to Last From First to Last |
| From First to Last Throne to the Wolves |
| Hawthorne Heights If Only You Were Lonely |
| Incubus (USA-CA) If Not Now, When? |
| Incubus (USA-CA) 8 |
| Less Than Jake In with the Out Crowd |
| Norma Jean Redeemer |
| Panic! at the Disco A Fever You Can't Sweat Out |
| Pennywise The Fuse |
| Poppy Zig |
| Radiohead The King of Limbs |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers I'm With You |
| Reel Big Fish Monkeys for Nothin' and The Chimps... |
| Reel Big Fish Everything Sucks |
| Saves the Day Saves the Day |
| The Offspring Conspiracy of One |
| The Used Imaginary Enemy |
| Thornhill Heroine |
| Thrice Identity Crisis |
| Yellowcard One for the Kids |
| Zara Larsson VENUS |
