APPLE OF DISCORD – YOU’RE NOT THE ANSWER (Engineer)
Four words: Light, Sweet, Pretty, Boring.
RATING: TWO STARS
DARK TRANQUILITY – FICTION (Century Media)
Leave it up to a bunch of Swedes to make death metal something my mom would play at a family get together.
RATING: THREE STARS
MY AMERICAN HEART – HIDING INSIDE THE HORRIBLE WEATHER (Warcon)
I’m kinda new to the whole “describing genres” thing, so I guess this might be known as Emo? What it is though is a perfect fit for “New Alternative” radio stations. The ones I don’t listen to.
RATING: TWO STARS
SHAPES AND SIZES – SPLIT LIPS, WINNING HIPS, A SHINER (Asthmatic Kitty)
I don’t know exactly what about this album makes me keep listening, but I like it. Some tracks are sweet from the get go. Then you got some weird ass shit happening, and just when I would go to turn it off….Boom! I’d like it again. I’m also a sucker for chick singers. (no offense to the feminists)