This is an obscure band. The majority of the members, I happen to know, is from The Netherlands. Yet the CD gives no information about who's in the band. Nor does it tell where this disc was recorded and who produced it. Besides the song titles and the addresses of the labels there's no printing to be found but only a lot of white space and photos that only give small glimpses of the band. And yet, this band is promoted as one of the biggest promises for the future. So, how's the music then? Well, it can be described as an atmospheric amalgam of emorock and emocore. The band has two lead singers. One does the clean singing, the other the shrill screams. When I saw them live the screams were quite dominant but on the album the clean singing is the main vocal. Only in a few songs the screams dominate, like in the raw Onwards. On the other hand, the title track is quite mellow with no heavy guitars at all. It's a gentle tune with acoustic guitars and harmonica (I think). The result of this album is convincing. This is a promising band indeed. Beautifully written songs.
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