For those who don’t know them, the eyeliner, spiked up hair, and copious amounts of black leather that make up the band’s attire, may push many away from giving their music a chance.
If those people were to stick around and give this record a listen, they wouldn’t be introduced to anything similar sounding to the band’s origins, or anything that would probably grab their immediate attention.
The tracks blend and lead into one another, meaning you can’t simply skip from one track to the next; it’s a record you listen to in its entirety.
With the album pretty much full of rock ballads, with a few acoustic cuts (‘Done For You’, ‘Lost It All’) mixed in, the songs are all fairly similar and repetitive, with nothing really standing on its own two feet or giving any major thrill or excitement for the listener.
The short theatrical narrative interludes throughout the album feel a bit awkward when contrasted with the powerful and more positive nature of the rest of the tracks on the album, with their mix of guitars, drums, pianos and violins.
Produced by John Feldmann, there was clearly a lot of production in the making of this album, with influence from Feldmann’s past works with bands such as The Used and Avenged Sevenfold clear.
With both high and low points, it’s a record that probably wont garner the band any new fans, but will be a welcome addition for existing ones.
