(Nintendocore/Screamo) The Mall - Emergency At The Every Day - 2006, MP3 , VBR 128-192 kbps

The Mall - Emergency At The Every Day

Жанр: Nintendocore/Screamo
Год выпуска диска: 2006
Производитель диска: USA
Аудио кодек: MP3
Битрейт аудио: VBR 128-192 kbps
Трэклист:
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A Question Of Balance
Acrid
Advantage Out
Define Migration
Favorite Pastimes
Friends And Family
Grand Canyon
Harboring Hosts
Hospital Mouth
Oakland Kids
The Body Electric
Доп. информация: The problem with keyboards in post-hardcore bands these days is that every Tom, Dick, and Harry has one. Just because you can incorporate another instrument outside of the usual guitar, bass, and drums set-up doesn't necessarily mean it's a good idea. For every one an Albatross there are a million forgettable copycats falling over themselves to jump on the bandwagon before it's too late.
The Mall is a San Francisco based post-hardcore trio that relies heavily on casio style keyboard effects to try and differentiate itself from the plethora of other groups beating this style of music into the ground. Like Milemarker before them (who are probably the closest accurate comparison), the band tries to spice up your average Fugazi-esque chord repetitions with some icy new wave sounding keyboards. Unlike groups such as The Locust and Song of Zarathustra who have used them in a sci-fi or even Castlevania context to highten the intesity of their out-of-control aesthetic, The Mall doesn't succeed. It isn't like Emergency at the Everyday isn't without merit. The group displays a keen sense of the fiery spirit that embodies the best of the genre, it's just that without the proper songwriting skills it ends up pretty unmemorable. The record goes back and forth from mid-tempo to a slightly more immediate mid-tempo. The keyboard melodies make a nice attempt at stepping things up, but the specific tone used on the instrument sounds entirely out of place.
If The Mall can work out some of the small kinks in its sound, perhaps it can make a record that is worth replaying. For the time being I'm left with the impression that I need to revisit my VSS and Locust records to hear what it sounds like when keyboards are used in the absolute best possible light.
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