How do you review an album plastered with a tagline from a review you wrote? We're both about to find out. Rewiring the Human Body is Fight Pretty's first full-length release following a slew of other recordings that were compiled on a discography release.
The first thing that catches my attention about Rewiring the Human Body is the more focused and straightforward direction in the band's songwriting. Right off the bat "Us and Truckers (Big City Nights)" gives off a mixture of chaotic metalcore, rock and roll, and a dash of old school hardcore flavor - think Every Time I Die and The Locust in bed together. The band keeps a short leash to this style as they make their way through the album. Some of these songs are really good - "Child Bearing Hips," "Art Abuse," and "Kurt Cobain's Not Dead." Also, the band is still plagued with ending songs too abruptly.
Ten songs in twenty minutes isn't much of a full-length, so I did feel a bit short-changed. On the flipside, any longer and it would have become repetitive. Rewiring the Human Body is an improvement over the band's previous material; let's hope the progression continues.
