When this CD first came through my door I was expecting it to be a bog standard Emo release so I left it for a while, thinking that one day I would finally give it a listen and see if my predictions of the band had been correct. Having listened to this CD now, I’d have to say that my predictions of the band were actually incorrect; however I just really don’t feel this CD. Sure, the band aren’t that bad – but they play no nonsense Hardcore and I just feel that there are a lot of bands out there doing it better than these guys are. I guess there are elements of Emo in this CD, but for the most part it is just straight up Hardcore, with a bit of Rock thrown into the mix.
This CD is 13 tracks long, and clocks in at just over half an hour, so most tracks are typical fast Hardcore tracks clocking in at around 2 minutes a piece. If there wasn’t a short pause in between tracks, most of the time you wouldn’t be able to tell where one track ends and the next one begins as much like most Hardcore bands, The Letters Organize face the problem that most of their songs sound the same. The first track on this CD that I really liked was ‘There’s room for one more’ which comes mid way through the album and I feel is the first real breath of fresh air. However, after this track the band seem to return to doing sound alike numbers and it really does start doing your head in. There’s only so much you can take of the same track being repeated over and over, and The Letters Organize really do push it.
Sure, in this album they do show some signs of great promise and there are some great bits in their tracks that really stand out with some strong vocals, awesome guitar riffs, and blinding drum beats – but there’s just too much of the same thing and it really does get annoying after a while. I found it hard to sit and listen to this album all the way through as half an hour really is a bit much when there’s nothing that particularly makes the band stand out from the crowd at all. For the most part, this album is bog standard fast as hell hardcore and although I respect their ability it really is just far too much of the same thing.
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UK based film graduate with a huge passion for music, sports and video games.
