Wow, this is not an album that I expected to like so much. I had heard of the band but not paid much attention to them, something that I now deeply regret because this is an amazing album!!
Hollywood Suicide
Ok, complete honesty (as always), the start of this song had me leaning back in my seat asking "what the fuck is this?" but by the end of the song, I was frigging loving it. Out of all the songs on this album, this is the best song to start the album with because it's so in your face.
S3x
One of my favourite songs on this album, it's slow and moody but I can't get enough of it. It sounds striped down music wise at first but then there is a face melting guitar solo that comes out of nowhere. Love the lyrics "I keep having sex with your soul and nothings gonna take away the pain away".
I love so many things about this song, the constantly drum beat, the screaming, the gruff singing, the shredding guitars, the catchy chorus and the fact it has me moving from the second it starts.
I love the vocals on this track, they are quite emotional, I can almost feel the pain. It's a very theatrical sounding song, it's very dramatic so it grabs your attention, demanding that you stop what you are doing to listen to it until he very end.
Valerie
The only word I can pick to describe this song is haunting. It's a short song but it leaves an impression with its very deep gruff vocals in the verses and softer, lighter vocals on the chorus. I don't know what exactly happened to the person who wrote it but I want to give them a big hug and a big ass bottle of vodka.
Black Cloud
This would be the prefect song for the band to come out on stage to, starts off quiet, sounds like clapping and then boom! There they are screaming in your face with a force that forces you backwards.
Ugly
This is a slower one compared to the other songs but it still brilliant. Some awesome screaming going on with lyrics like "come on keep draining me, feeling inferiority is giving me anxiety, will I ever be good enough to fit your frame? People never gonna change, cause poeple are ugly"
Blood
I really hope this song gets played live because it is such an awesome mosh pit song. The beat goes from absolute mental to slow, like they are giving people a little break for 2 seconds and then goes mental again. This is the song that I didn't know I needed in my life.
You know that part in a film when the super sexy bad guy walks in, everyone turns to look at him as a killer song starts and the whole mood changes? This could be that song. If it was a person, they would be stood in front of you screaming in your face and you would be shitting yourself. It's so in your face, the double base drum sounds frigging amazing and the screaming just completes it. FAVOURITE SONG ON THE ALBUM!!!!
Dahlia
I wasn't sure how to interpret this song when I first heard it, I thought that it was just about depression and if anyone would notice if they just disappeared one day. After listening to it some more, I feel like it's more about walking away from a situation or fame and who would still be there for them.
The lyrics that really got me were:-
Still on my feet but I'm dying alive.
Tragedy behind a wall of success
Let's make a bet
Who's gonna miss me?
Who's staying with me?
It's a brilliant song, one of the best on the album.
Helena Drive
This is a slower and quite emotional song touching on depression, self harm and drug use. The feeling that no one will understand enough to help so "she's putting on her makeup to cover the scars, still perfect on the outside, she's dying on the inside".
These guys will be coming to the UK soon supporting Blind Channel on the Exit Emotions tour so get your tickets here now to check them out live!!
***Previously posted on my music blog Suzy's Musical World
