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April 23rd 2006 03:00
They look like a boy band who have just been beaten up
For my necessary fill of angry, depressive, emotional music, Taking Back Sunday has always been my first stop. That's why, when I heard about the new album, "Louder Now," I couldn't help but be excited. Taking Back Sunday, characterised by Adam Lazzara's raspy and powerful voice, have been known for progressively getting darker as they go. I hadn't heard their 2002 debut album, "Tell All Your Friends" until the other day but, in retrospect, they sound far lighter and well... Yellowcardy... than their second album, 2004's "Where You Want to Be." A similar difference can be seen in their second and their third attempts at international success. "Louder Now," despite my expectations is darker, more driving and well... louder.
Adam Lazzara
"From the high-octane drumming and blazing syncopated riffs that rain down on “What’s It Feel Like to Be a Ghost” it’s faster, darker and harder..."
Taking Back Sunday's Official Website
Taking Back Sunday's Official Website
When I first started listening to "Louder Now," I was immediately surprised. I had expected the building and atmospheric harmonies that opened the last album. Instead, I was hit with a guitar riff typical of Anberlin - another favourite - and while it took a while to get used to, I loved it. The harmonies remain and so do Lazzara's punchy vocals, the two things which make Taking Back Sunday stand out from the rest of the world. Unfortunately, like Anberlin, they have fallen into the trap of creating more poppy songs to accompany their heavier ones. While this can be a good thing in Anberlin's case, the Taking Back Sunday track "Twenty Twenty Surgery" simply doesn't fit their style and feels extremely out of place on the album.
Taking Back Sunday have created another hit, proving that the human voice can be an instrument too, and that music doesn't have to be shackled by musical conventions in order to achieve something. This album makes me sorely dissapointed that I missed their tour in Australian two months ago, and I hope that they're out again soon, preferably on tour with Angels and Airwaves (as if that would ever happen).
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