Attack! Attack! from Ohio, not to be confused with Attack! Attack! from the U.K (Why a U.K band stole another bands name is beyond me?) but anyways, onto they’re new album Someday Came Suddenly. When I heard about this album being released I jumped onto it because Attack! Attack! has been mentioned by a few people that I know. After learning this band was a “screamo” band It scared me, because I figured I would highly dislike them and piss a bunch of people off, It turned out to be a little better than I originally thought.
Someday Came Suddenly 3.7/5
A band that delivers amazing instrumental breakdowns, and delivers on target emotion on almost every song. This band has its flaws, but makes up for them in other areas that most bands lack in. I do not think any song should be complete “screaming” and since a few of the songs on this album fall under that category it does kind of down the overall delivery of the songs. Screaming is to be used as a mixture, and when this band does that they do it well. Most of the songs on this album mixed much better than the two songs on Escape The Fate’s new album that did not mesh screaming with singing that well. This band has a lot of hype among my generation, a little more than I believe they should have, but not by much. The band delivers well and does what they set out to do.
Using “MySpace” in a song is BAD, very BAD. And should have never been done, much less be done in 2008 after it has been over done 300+ times.
But like I said, other than the small inconsistencies, and lack of judgment with the MySpace song ^.^ I do believe the album delivers to they’re fans, and all tho the songs are not in any bracket for earning a large amount of new fans. I think this album defiantly hooked me on a few songs. I would not claim to be an Attack Attack fan, but will be listening to selective songs on the album in the future
Now, I did not give this album a 3.7 because they were bad. But because I believe the album could have been 2.3 times better given that there was no MySpace song and that the few songs that relied on screaming would have took a step down off that path.
Like I said, when I first heard about the new Attack! Attack! album, I worried that I would end up giving them a 1 or 2, and was pleasantly surprised to find that Attack! Attack! is a band that is not just youth hype, but that they actually do have some talent, and as long as they do not fall into oblivion that they will continue to get better and that I myself may become an Attack! Attack! fan.
Oh, and as far as my recommendation I always try to give on whether or not you should buy the CD, Buy The Download, Or Download For Free.
If you are a hardcore fan, I suggest supporting the band by buying the album.
If you just like the music, support the band by buying the download.
I do not recomend just downloading this album for free unless you have no other choice, this is a small time band and need your support so that they may improve and not go bankrupt.
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