| This album is very different from the previous three full lengths. I was expecting a funky Mars Volta-esque style, because that's how PoTH vocals had sounded, and that's how the interviews made it seem, but they have taken it to a strange math/pop rock style. I DO NOT think this album deserves a 2.0 at all though, it may be a lot poppier but that does not mean it is terrible. Thomas Erak's vocals have gotten much better, the screams are lacking though, they're much too natural. I feel that this band will be treated the same way as Fear Before, when they released their self-titled and lost a lot of fans. It's the people who love the band that will see the maturity of the new album, and not shun it for lack of screaming. As a musician, the guitar parts are up to par, but the song structures have become a little bit more... structured. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but maybe a bit hard to swallow. This album is much groovier than previous releases, but it's not very funky and that would have made it much better. The only track i would say is truely not up to par would be Empty The Clip, The King Has Been Slain, Long Live The Queen! only because it has that classic post-hardcore absurd title, but is very poppy and does not offer much besides a somewhat catchy chorus and good instrumentation. Also i feel like the song Webs is just another Caught Up, a joke just used to fill up space on the album. As an album, it's a breath of fresh air to the post-hardcore overdone monotony, but as far as a chapter in the fall of troy... it could have been better. |
