Album Reviews

There was already a lot to do around this album before people had even heard a single note. That has nothing to do with the fact that this band share its name with the John Steinbeck novel, but all the more with the fact that this is the new band around Justin Carlile, formerly of Attack Attack. That band had a lot of haters because of their mixing dance elements with hardcore, their particular way of dancing (check crab core on youtube) and yes, Carlile’s screams.

I’m sure they didn’t mind the commotion because they can use all the attention they get. After all, this is some pretty standard post-hardcore/screamo fodder with monotonous screams interlaced with clean vocals, one-note breakdowns and the occasional cookie monster grunts. I’m sure there are worse bands out there, but I’m also 100% positive that there are tons of better bands out there. For the fans of acts such as Underoath and Oh Sleeper I guess.