Mini Music Reviews (Every Time I Die - New Junk Aesthetic)

Every Time I Die - New Junk Aesthetic

So, i just "attended" a listening party for this album and here are my thoughts on the album track by track based on how it sounds on the first listen. Etid is a band that i'm very very very fond of, but sometimes they don't always sound as good on the first listen as they do on the 2nd, 3rd, or (in Hot Damn!'s case) 350th listen, so in order to avoid sounding biased to the album due to listening to it 10 times and getting it completely lodged in my brain i figured it'd be best to write down my thoughts as i hear it for the first time.

Roman Holiday - starts out with a nice noisy intro, super super violent keith buckley vocal hook with a nice non-generic etid riff...almost a convergey type riff in the background. good times so far!
nice bit of noise to begin and end the track

The Marvelous Slut - starts out as a typical etid type song...however it's really really heavy and...very very hot damn!ish...yeah that's right they've reverted back to the hot damn! era of nasty punk rockey voracity...except the vocal style is obviously much stronger because buckley's voice is so gravelly now...the breakdowns are very old school etid as well

Who Invited The Russian Soldier - Another really fast etid song with a nice punk rock riff that at first sounds like the same old etid but it actually has a weird vibe...like it sounds like Andy Williams and Jordan Buckley are playing through Kurt Ballou's equipment...seriously! This is like...it's a familiar etid but you can tell they are going more for a violent punk rock attack than the poppy stuff they have done in the past. I love the Hot Damn! meets You Fail Me kind of attack they are going with...

Wanderlust - Starts out with a nice southern rock riff and then KB's vocals have a very very weird tone to it...he's singing but it's not his typical grungy singing...it's actually really clean and almost maylene and the sons of disastery but then when he kicks into his gravelly whiskey bark/howl it sounds good again. This song isnt bad really...but...well...i dunno his sung vocals are really catchy...and i guess the only thing i don't like is that he strays from his excellent screaming pattern although that's not too bad...i guess you gotta keep it from getting stale...which if that's the case is smart i guess...this song is a grower...the music has that weird southerny generic style they had been leaning towards ever since Gutter Phenomenon...the style that Maylene and Underoath have been ripping off for years haha.

For The Record - Back to the Hot Damn!esque punch! It's got that really nice etid punk n' roll attack...this song actually sounds like a b-side to hot damn! haha it sounds just like romeo a go-go at times haha (not like that's a bad thing!) this song is great!

White Smoke - Starts out with a punchy type riff and it kind of keeps that punchy vibe going...it's got a nice break...really this is just another solid song off of a very very solid album that's worth every penny i'm going to spend on it based on this listening party.

Turtles All The Way - Starts out with a very priestess-sounding intro which is awesome...keith buckley is howling over some really sweet bit of guitar noise with a bit of a keyboard effect in the background then the song kicks in with that weird intro riff but it's picking up piece. Andy and Jordan have outdone themselves on this album...more unique singing from keith buckley...he's really been practicing his vocals alot with this...i'm surprised he hasn't experimented with a vocoder yet. Really good driving riff with a nice old school hesher type swing.

Organ Grinder - Starts out with a nice enough bit of neurosisy guitar noise...here comes the cool punk rock drums...then they launch into a nice old etid riff...this song is yet another driving example of why this band is by far the best of their genre and why they are the only band from that era left that is still on top of the world. Mmmm nice breakdown at the end and buckley's vocals only make it sound better.

Host Disorder - Starts out with another heavy and not generic etid riff that kicks into that familiar punk n' roll dirge from the hot damn! era that really makes it go. This album is very very dancey

After One Quarter Of A Revolution - Starts out really heavy, the drums are super super punk rock drumming and keeps the fury up.

The Sweet Life - Last song on the album and it keeps the same kind of nasty punk rock vibe the whole albums had rofl @ the whole "aint nothin gonna break my stride, aint noone gonna hold me down" line haha

Okay, so i have this to say about the new etid...it sounds like they were trying really really hard to recreate what made Last Night In Town, and Hot Damn! absolutely essential albums to any fan of "metalcore"'s collection and honestly, though i did enjoy the big dirty and gutter phenomenon...it's really really good to see ETID back to their familiar stride of bringing for super nasty cheeky punk/hardcore n' roll fury with keith buckley's familiar gravelly howl...now sure they still have a few elements of the big dirty and gutter phenom on this album with some "southern rock"y type riffs and keith buckley doing a bit of poppy clean vocals...but for the most part this album is full of all the filth and fury that made them so great in the early 00's and with this being their last album with Ratboy...they will have GIGANTIC shoes to fill when they do their next album because he absolutely tears the drums up on this album...so many just really nice pounding driving super fast punk beats but also...Jordan Buckley and Andy Williams stepped it up BIG TIME they used alot of their old tricks from the older albums and rehashed a few riff-styles from the big dirty and gutter phenomenon when they wanted to be taken seriously as a rock band and not a hardcore band...but they pull of some different stuff on this one that gives it a much more familiar sound...they experiment with new guitar tones and they stray away from their usual riffs to create a little more atmosphere at times...in a very converge...almost neurosisy at times type fashion.

All in all i'm gonna give New Junk Aesthetic a 9/10 on first listen because i really really liked it and it had some really really good parts and it definitely leaves the big dirty and especially gutter phenomenon in a smoldering pile of rubble which is VERY good news for etid fans! If you enjoyed Hot Damn! and/or Last Night In Town buy this album!