American Standards - Still Life

Posted by Unknown On Monday, February 11, 2013

Track list:
1. Self (En)titled
2. Raised By Wolves
3. Bottom Feeder
4. Paradigm-Alt-Shift-Delete
5. Harvester
6. The Red Queen
7. Still Life




Genre: Hardcore
For Fans Of: Glassjaw, Refused, Everytime I Die

The first review i did for this band was the first thing they ever released this is the album/ep they released. This album has really short songs, it kind of makes me wonder why such short songs, they'd be so good if they were a bit longer. I do have to admit once again the vocals stand out, this band does a good job at being different in the hardcore scene everything has that flow to them, nothing leaves the flow either it continues through the whole song also. A few songs that stick out, self (en) titled, Raised By Wolves, Still life. The first song sticks out because the intro track of him screaming/yelling it was an odd way to start an album for sure but it did make me want to listen to it more.  Still life stood out too, mainly because the guitar intro sounded awkward for this genre it sounded trippy kind of and the drums were soft but of course this leads on to it getting heavier and getting back into the hardcore genre. The vocalist on those three songs went crazy honestly. Still life is also the longest song on the album and softest song on it as-well, the band did such a great job on this album I can’t wait for another release from the band.
Breakdown:
Vocals: The vocalist had more parts and did a great job on every song on this album, he’s pretty talented at doing what he’s doing I must say, I wouldn't mind him doing a longer song and more screams/yelling in a song, but he is for sure talented and pretty great at keep his vocal style.
Instruments: Once again, like the single the instruments have that flow to them and never mess up or get off that flow.

Rating: 8/10
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