My first thought is that I’ve heard this all before. Simple riffs, top end screaming interspersed with a lower singing style. Think Killswitch Engage mixed with 36 Crazyfists and you’re pretty much there.
It’s a good solid performance of a style that reached it’s peak a few years ago. In come the late runners not realising that they’ve missed the boat and we’ve heard the pinnacles of the genre in other bands and we’re not that interested in having a band that does it quite well, but not as good as the other people who’ve done it.
They do have a slight twist to the genre though, as they sneak in some bits that sound like emo into the mix, which I assume they think will hit the mass market, but these bits are so small that they fail to dominate enough to cater to that audience and just causes irritation to those who aren’t that audience.
If you’re a huge fan of this type of music and just can’t get enough of it, then you may find a space for this album but if you’re a casual listener, then you’ll enjoy it, but not for very long.
Listen to this album: Spinning around with your arms out.
The think that annoys me most about this Emo/Screamo/Whatever movement is not the music, or the bands or even the fashion. It’s the little kids who get so passionate about the nuances between their favourite band that they love and a band that sounds almost identical that they hate with such a passion that they spit blood.
I’d never heard of Paddock Park and so I set out to research them to find out more. All I find is kids complaining to each other and so I got bored and put my head down the toilet and flushed it.
The music is far too binary, even for this genre of music. The music is either pathetic, weak, emo or brutal, smash your skull with a hammer screamo. There’s no in between, only overlapping.
I know for sure that there’s an audience for this style of music, and know that probably the only people who will ever read this review are die-hard fans of the band and so I tell you this.
There’s such a variety of music in this world, go listen to it.
Listen to this album: If you’re 14 and only own 2 albums.
