The song goes on some weird time changes from a really upbeat pace to slowing back all the way to how it was in the introduction. By this song Dallas Green’s melodic vocals are reminding me of a cross between the lead singer of Sparta and the lead singer of Emery. The song begins with the usual screaming and melody trade off. The musicianship isn’t overpowering with its attack but it’s bleeding with intensity of a different sound. The atmospheric sounds of the bass and guitar has left me in awe. “Adelleda” slows the pace up dramatically and is once again focused on an instrumental introduction. The song keeps the pace high and leaves the bar at the highest rung it could be at between the first two songs. The outro of this song gets me every time with its quick octave tremolo picking and intensity. “Because I’m softer than a thrift store sweater and twice as worn in/I was cast away once but I will be found again”. One of my favorite lyrics is actually in this song that really sticks out in my head. You never really lose the feeling of the screaming harshness but you feel the grasp of the softer vocals. The song fills in with screaming vocals and transitions into melody during the pre-chorus and chorus. “Counterparts and Number Them” continues the album on a faster pace with a crunchy guitar riff to open up the song. The song stays in my mind as one of the best introductions to an album I’ve ever heard and I can’t put my finger on it why but I can tell you that it does almost everything right to be different, unique, and intriguing. Almost instantly from the first song you could tell that there voices are going to work off of each others beautifully without feeling forced. Dallas who fills in the songs with melodic vocals is extremely serene and one of my favorite voices for any contrasting band that does the scream melodic vocal transitions. His voice is just extremely rough and sharp around the corners. On this album they are very abrasive and rough around the edges. The vocals from the “screamer” George Pettit are different. The music is progressive and at the utmost embracing to the listener. The dissonance from the guitars is beautiful trading off of each other as the bass slowly fills in and the drums falling into the background. If you read many of my reviews you know I’m not so keen on a lot of band instrumentals but this is different. The first minute and a half for this song is all instrumental and it isn’t anything to be bored about. I keep in mind that back than on my first listen I wasn’t even really sure what type of music this was going to be so I really had an open mind (and ears). The way this album opened up really stole my heart. Don’t get me wrong that I love the other two albums but I just don’t think it’s as up to par as this one, and some of the new songs are fairly mediocre compared to the ones on this release. The reason I’m writing this review is because my opinion is almost totally opposite from the majority saying that each album they’ve become better but I believe that there first album was the best and I’m here to plead my case.
Before they had all of the hype building up to them and perhaps before they changed in style. Years later, Alexisonfire has grown a fairly big fan base all over the world I’d say and I’m still grateful for being able to pick up there s/t album when I had the chance. I was immediately intrigued and interested by the artwork so I paid the fee and it’s something I’ll never forget. The album was wrapped in it’s plastic packaging and featured a cardboard cutout case with it’s infamous catholic school girl stand off cover. I was in Tower Records when I was still in high school and I remember hearing about this band from one of my friends (actually on this site) but I didn’t really know what type of music to expect from them. Review Summary: I mean in it's time it has fueled alot of upcoming acts but it still remains one of the most diversified epics I've been graced to listen too.Īlexisonfire’s self titled album is getting to be four years old now but I still remember it like anything else that has impacted my life with grace.
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