Originally published in Verbicide issue #6

I cannot believe that there’s a singer out there who sounds like Getty Lee. Who knew? This album is an ambitious project for a band that flirts with hardcore but ends up confusing genres. Not a bad thing here, but at times the records loses its grip on the listener. Apparently, there’s a concept in here, and one can feel a story brewing. The problem is that stories need to be entertaining, and this record requires a serious emotional commitment that it doesn’t seem to warrant.

Coheed and Cambria fans will be selective because the music is accessible to a specific type of person. And I suppose that I’m not that type of person. Very clean production, nice touches here in there with piano and some neat percussion.

(Equal Vision Records, PO Box 14, Hudson, NY 12534)