Coheed & Cambria

Goddamn, “Welcome Home” is such a great fucking song. Every time I hear it I love the song more. I first heard “Welcome Home” a couple of weeks before the album was released and I was so excited to hear Coheed’s new record. Epic chants and dueling guitar solos. What more could you ask for. If all of the songs were as good as this one then this new joint was going to be flawless. Well, after several listens this record is finally growing on me. A lot more epic, but still maintaining that spacy/poppy songwriting quality that has made Coheed the band they are. Backed! (ev/columbia) - ghettochild

The drama in the opening instrumental felt like all the movies that moved me combined and I couldn;t place exactly where, but maybe that's because its actually original and moving. Thereafter either Into Another was really ahead of their time or Coheed has absolutely lost it. Your voice was weird and Getty Lee fantasy-ish before to push harder in that direction is going over the line martian. I feel like their is some greatness and they pushed for that and was a real attempt at creating an epic record too quickly. Its tough to hear all this drama and greatness after seeing such a humorous video 10 thousand times. The album actually gets better and I like parts but i just feel lost. (ev/columbia) - realiD

Its nice to see a new band doing something called a demo that looks like a demo.  Where the eff are these kids from? Someone reach out with some info please. It reminded me of my first Under Pressure demo or Close Call art-wise and in the way in which I got it, hustled and pushed for free.  Now on to what Vitality does.  First of all the band name is dope and one of the best Beyond songs ever.  #2 sounding pure in their style of hardcore and reminiscent of the Pagan Babies is a great thing.  Keep it up kids!!!! Having a consistency in what you do, what you play, what you sound like is good especially early on. (demo)

VHEISSU

So, I had high hopes for this record since I’m a big Thrice fan. The record opens up pretty solid with “Image of the Invisible” and slowly degenerates into this boring, overly textured, clutter. I like ambient tones, but not at the expense of good songwriting. What I dislike about bands like Radiohead is what I’m not feeling in Vheissu. It sometimes feels like it’s not a natural progression from “Artist...” and they’re trying too hard. I don’t completely dislike this record…I just find it boring. (island)

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You Can’t Imagine How Much Fun We’re Having

I was one of those dudes that weren’t sold on the Atmosphere game, until this release. This record is fire. I can’t even suggest songs which are better because all of them fucking slay. People like describing Atmosphere as conscious hip-hop, back packer rap, etc. This sounds like hip-hop should sound. “Bam” is like a throwback to the 90’s medallion, cross colours era of hip-hop. In fact, most of the record is reminiscent of that time. The constant referencing of alcohol always wins points in this camp. It’s always refreshing to hear good hip-hop with something to say in the sea of radio mediocrity. (ryhmessayers)