Rise Against really set the bar high with first three albums ‘The Unraveling’, ‘Revolutions per Minute’, and ‘Siren Song of the Counter Culture’. Putting to record some incredibly intelligent pieces of music; Rise Against won fans all around the world, impressing many with their finely worked material.
It’s a shame, but the band that was once full of passion, bite, and enthusiasm now seems a little limp. ‘Audience of One’ is an okay track, nothing hugely special though, and certainly not evidence of Rise Against at its very best. The songwriting just doesn’t seem to be of the same level as it once was; Tim McIlrath’s heart seemingly isn’t in it in the same way, and the track lacks fire.
With ‘Audience of One’ it sounds as though Rise Against isn’t enjoying creating music anymore, the life has been sucked out of the music, and the band just sounds a little bored with it all.
Hopefully Rise Against can bounce back from this, with time the passion will perhaps return, and maybe then the band will once more release an album that will blow all away that listen to it. On the evidence of ‘Audience of One’, Rise Against has hit a bad patch right now though, and one can only hope that the passion will return in the future.
Label: Interscope
Release Date: March 3rd 2009
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UK based film graduate with a huge passion for music, sports and video games.
