Labels: self released
Review by: Samuel Fowler
Don’t reckon I’ve come across something this refreshingly honest for a
while. I was slightly suspicious when I had a peek at the bands
website & description. There are at least 30 times more scruffy
melodic hardcore bands flapping around than there need to be, Fat
Michael has a lot to answer for. Not in this case I feel, however.
Break it down manage to rewind the clock to somwehere around two
thousand and whenever, when Consumed rocked the shit out of my world.
Come to think of it they still do.
Some of this band used to be in Parade of Enemies, and this is fairly
apparent in the opener “Get up and Go”, which takes about 2 minutes to
take a good stab at the sentiment of the song title. I’m actually
surprised how easy this is to listen to, given that most of the recent
efforts from the usual epi-fat purveyors have been spectacularly DULL.
The remaining two songs manage to effectively channel something that’s
similar to early Good Riddance. The lyrical content even manages to
sound like something Russ would be responsible for … ya know-
“Corporate Bribes!/ Political Crimes!/ This all ends today!” … Break it
down pounce in, take a few wildly sweeping hooks left and right, and
are gone before you know it. Damn.
If you’d suggest that a new band of this genre would be worthy of even
cursory attention, I’d have arched a very sceptical eyebrow in your
direction, but I’d have been in error sir, I surely would. A succinct
and to-the-point review for a succinct and to-the-point band seems
suitably appropriate.