Friday, October 4, 2013

Ryan Whiteside
Music is phenomenal..vocals are meh....

Luke Blue
They took me time to ease into, but I love them now.

Cory Georgesen
For me it took a small bit of a connection to the music and sitting myself down to listen to the albums from start to finish. At that point I found myself hooked on the vocals.

deathtokoalas
i'm just curious if you're finding the vocals too aggressive or not aggressive enough? this kind of melodic hardcore is going to get criticized in both directions, but it's a bit curious to me that there's so much focus on it in the comments. is this coming from hipster kids that think it's too hardcore or metalcore types that think it's not heavy enough?

i'd argue he pegs it at just about the right level of intensity, while avoiding getting stupid about it. it's a balancing act that contemporary punk, as a genre, has a lot of difficulties with, in that it usually falls over rather heavily to the stupid side. from that perspective, his vocals come off as refreshingly honest. but, i mean, i get it if you want the contrived growling or those sugary screamelodies...