nsxmnia

holy good God these lyrics are so hard to listen to with such overproduced crisp reverb filling my skull, the melodramatic 80s production does this album absolutely NO favors. Dayseeker's identity crisis is seriously holding them back from making a good project; bouncing back and forth between "genre"wave and pulsing EDM stylings, to rain-on-the-window REO Speedwagon ballads makes it almost repulsive to be smacked in the face with the too crunchy faux-metal breakdowns on the ... read more

Cons: Lyrically a touch derivative, production somewhat inconsistent at times with certain instances sounding muddier or harsher than others where they didn't need to, and a little bloated; some of these ideas could've been left behind to shave off some of the 52 minute runtime. Nothing deal breaking, especially not for a DIY band that is this talented, and that was years ahead of the curve with this sound over a decade ago.

Pros? Literally everything else. The pockets on some of ... read more

Unironically might be the best thing Zakk Cervini has ever put his hands on.

Of Mice & Men does one of the biggest disservices to themselves that I've ever seen from a band, by starting Another Miracle with four of the worst songs they have ever released. The production and engineering choices on these tracks are jaw-droppingly bad, while the writing is just another modern metal eyeroll (something that is at least a constant through the album). On some songs Aaron Pauley's production is a straight up carbon copy of what Jordan Fish did on Architects's ... read more