Fightstar - Grand Unification
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Funeral For A FriendHawthorne Heights
Lost Prophets
The Sleeping
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TrustkillTracklist
1. To Sleep2. Grand Unification
3. Waste A Moment
4. Sleep Well Tonight
5. Paint Your Target
6. Build An Army
7. Here Again (Last Conversation)
8. Lost Like Tears In Rain
9. Open Your Eyes
10. Mono
11. Hazy Eyes
12. Grand Unification
13. Wake Up
14. Fight For Us
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Over the past couple of years, Trustkill Records have nose dived big time by signing Roses Are Red, Fight Paris, and most importantly Crash Romeo. The good news for the label, however, is that they’ve somehow managed to beat the odds in creating a place worse off than dead last. Making this possible is none other than London, England’s Fightstar.
Fightstar have a great way of masking the first impressions of an unsuspecting listener by starting the album off with “To Sleep” – a decent song reminiscent of something you’d find in the post-rock genre – which completely ruins anyone’s ability to decipher how horrible this disc will shortly become. For those of you courageous enough to continue listening past the thirty second mark of “Grand Unification Part I”, may whichever god you pray to have mercy on your ears.
No longer will you think of New Jersey girls when you hear the word “trash” after one spin of this album. Fightstar blend together the beautifully soaring melodic vocals of Hinder, with the all too necessary and never random screaming of Hawthorne Heights, and the incredible musicianship of Funeral For A Friend, all the while creating something extraordinarily invigorating. It’s almost as fantastic as witnessing a mound of infants being hurled into a fiery wood chipper, x10 and to the max. The band walks the fine line of retardation and being absolutely void of all talent with songs that sound far worse than those of your high school pop punk band, making the video for their debut single, “Paint Your Target”, so very appropriate and oh so comical. For those of you too frightened to endure four minutes of this rubbish, it showcases the band playing in an elementary schoolyard while the children play a terribly violent version of cops and robbers.
With all due respect, what the hell Trustkill? Why would you unleash this on the public? Haven’t you done enough damage already with Crash Romeo? In all seriousness, stop signing these type of bands and stop feeding their egos. Quit making these bands think they’re doing a service to the music industry because, honestly, at this point, you’re no better than Victory Records.
--Daniel Alcinii
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Minnesota
Well, that just ruined any small bit of cred I may have had around here.
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Waterloo, Ontario
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Manchester, England
fightstar were pretty gopod back in the days of their first EP.
but then they went terrible.
Ft. Branch, IN
I listen to it on ocassion too...
Bay Area, CA
Waterloo, Ontario
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Toronto, Ontario
I know those crackuh's can play their instruments well, and at CERTAIN points, it sounds like Fightstar are ripping off FFAF for a 0.000001 seconds, and then they manage to crap it up.
You should have read the other version of this, my favourite line got kept out hahaha It's understandable though.
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That's hilarious. There are so many great quotes in this review. Let's just hope they're not hanging themselves from extension chords after reading this.
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Manchester, England
true motherfucking story.
busted are absolutely brilliant.
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Philadelphia, PA
As purchasers of music, we have every right to criticize it. I don't know how to organize a recreation of the battle of gettysburg, but I'll criticize it if the man cast as General Longstreet happens to be asian, or beardless. Why is criticism of a product like a car, or a broadway musical any different than music? Music warrants the same kind of outrage when not accomplished properly, and while that outrage is subjective that doesn't mean that somebody who doesn't make music has no platform to criticize.
There is a Dillinger 4 quote that states "I'm no art critic, but I can definitely tell you that, thats a crime." Same rules apply.
I am pretty sure the reviewer wasn't dissing Funeral For A Friend's ABILITY to play their instruments professionally either because they definitely can. I'm willing to bet it was more or less a matter of musical taste.
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Toronto, Ontario
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Manchester, England
that, sir, was beautiful.
Anytown USA
It's a Trustkill Record bud, Trustkill album #90 to be exact. Universal Island Records is the distro.
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Ft. Branch, IN
Idk if I can agree with that.. fightstar didnt write a disney song...
(year 3000 by busted is a song used by disney) Yes, i have younger siblings. Only way that I would know this.
that is unless you're talking about a different band then napster gave me. lolol.
Dumb.
Sacramento, CA
you'd be dismissing about 3/4 of all reviews ever written anywhere, then. it's either people who just appreciate and understand music or, as brent steven white put it, "failed musicians." i'm the former. and i'm fairly sure i'd be able to tell the difference between a shit record and a good one. i haven't heard this because the name makes me not want to.
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