Off With Their Heads
Home
Epitaph (2013)
Maybe it’s because I caught Off With Their Heads live recently and maybe it’s because on Home, their third official full-length, the theme is something that songwriter Ryan Young has been hinting at all along. Either way, the songs here are familiar and powerful and they continue to deliver in a similar vein as to the rest of their output, following 2010’s In Desolation. Things may have slowed down a touch since the early days, but the theme and tone remains the same.The sound on Home is a bit bigger and more rounded and, yes (to answer the Epitaph questions), it is a bit better produced. None of that detracts from the overall sound that Young and crew have crafted, however, with the big choruses and resounding whoa-ohs piling on a dramatic layer that, with the production, just feels a bit more dramatic instead of gritty or, to put it another way, it complements rather than hinders. The tone is big and direct and Young holds nothing back. Hell, just read those autobiographical lyrics and don’t get a little concerned for Young’s well-being, as in “Come Find Me” when he sings, “Bear with me/I’m not a normal person.”The only change … Read more
Henryspenncer
Saturn
Bookmaker (2013)
After enjoying the light, acoustic stylings of Seabuckthorn, I started checking out Bookmaker records for some similarly oriented artists. That's … Read more
My Dying Bride
A Map Of All Our Failures
Peaceville (2012)
My Dying Bride is over 20 years old. While most bands that would exist for this amount of time would … Read more
