1. Rotting in the Grave
2. Corruption
3. Through Our Eyes
4. J.C.J
5. Conceiver (Feat. Telle Smith)
6. The Gemini
7. Words I Wrote
8. City Of Shadow
9. Nowhere Else To Turn
10. Drowning In Your Addiction
11. Part-Time Alcoholic
12. You're Haskin For Trouble
Genre: Post-hardcore
For Fans Of: Attack Attack, The Word Alive, Pierce The Veil.
For what seems like forever, Before You Fall finally finished up their album, and I have to seriously say this is probably one of the best albums to come out in an un-signed bands in the history of hardcore. If it isn't the spine chilling breakdowns, the aggressive screams, the fairly high clean vocals, all of that tied into one album to make it sound something that won’t ever get boring or tiring to listen to after a while. Before You Fall took their time recording this album and hopefully it all pays off in the end for them, if this doesn't impress a label or their fan base I don’t know what will honestly, there isn't a single issue with this album, besides maybe the production a little bit but other than that there’s really nothing bad on the album. A Few songs that stand out on the album would have to be, Corruption, J.C.J, Conceiver, City Of Shadow, Part-Time Alcoholic. J.C.J is my favorite song on this album, for the reason of the lyrics and the heaviness it brings, you really see a side of Before You Fall, that you may have not thought possible the song is basically a hate song, who doesn't love that though? Vulgar lyrics to make it one of the best songs on the album, the song is pretty catchy too, especially if you have an ex-best friend who you hate. Conceiver is another great song on the album, for the reason of Telle Smith being one it, Before You Falls vocalist and Telle make a great team when it comes to a vocal that’s for sure, their screams together make a sound you can’t really explain but amazing. I don’t want to forget the clean vocalist, the clean vocalist is another great part of the songs on this album for his range, his range is pretty high and is seriously unexpected to hear in post-hardcore, but definitely worth hearing, I’d have to say with the three on a song there can be no wrong to it. This album has been in the works for at least a year and now it’s finally coming out March 23rd. Maybe, hopefully this is Before You Falls big break and to really boost up their careers in music and possibly land them a nice spot on a record label rooster and get them on a few tours.
Breakdown:
Cleans: Their clean vocalist hasn't really changed from
older releases, he still has his insanely high range and he kind of improved it
up a little bit to make it a bit higher than it usually is which isn't a bad
thing, if anything it makes the music more interesting and gives it a touch of intensity.
Their clean vocalist is one of a kind and I don’t really think anyone could
ever come close to copying his style and if so it wouldn't come any bit close
to what you’d hear in Before You Fall, plus his flow in every song is right on
with the sound, which makes his vocals even better.
Screams: Oh the screamer, remember his aggressive vocals in
the EP and other two singles? Well it’s still there and even more aggressive,
J.C.J is the one song you see this aggression the most, it’s not really a bad
thing either, it just adds to the songs meaning and the lyrics plus the vocalist’s
aggressive screams? Bingo great hate song. But back onto his screams, the
screamer has one of those styles that don’t really fit in post-hardcore, it’s a
bit more metalcore or even deathcore but it’s another thing that sticks in
Before You Fall and something only they could pull off, I mean sure there may
be other bands that can pull it off, but if they’re going to try to take Before
You Falls style, I don’t think it’d really work out for them in the long run.
Another song you kind of hear the vocalists heavy aggressive screams is Conceiver,
it’s not there as much as it is in J.C.J. Also Telle Smith’s vocals fit perfectly
with the sound that Before You Fall has,
and with that being said the screamer in Before You Fall’s and Telle’s
screams end up making one of the bests scream teams to hit the post-hardcore’s
unsigned scene.
Instruments: The instruments improved a bit as well as the
clean vocals and screams, they've gotten a bit heavier and the breakdowns are
in fact spine chilling in some of the songs. Sometimes you’ll hear something
you may not have expected from Before You Fall. Instrumentally this album is pretty
good, especially from them, I’d have to say from the amount of time it took
them to record this album to its releasing they've explored their talents
fairly well to make something vocally, instrumentally, lyrically great.
Rating: 10/10
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