Mourning September - A Man Can Change His Stars
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Jimmy Eat WorldFurther Seems Forever
Moments in Grace
Name Taken
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Floodgate RecordsTracklist
1. Closer to Closure2. Glorietta
3. Running
4. Every Dream
5. The Damage
6. Tonight, Tonight
7. April Dreams
8. Break Them Down
9. Hold On
10. Lights and Jewels
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Lately I’ve been pretty emo-ed out as I’ve been inundated by new releases from Further Seems Forever, Jimmy Eats World, Name Taken, and Saves the Day so needless to say, I’ve had my fill. Knowing that, I took on the task of reviewing this cd by Mourning September. Upon the first listen I was sorely unimpressed, but I figured that might be because I had heard so much emo lately, so I gave it a few more listens over the next couple of days to see if my attitude towards it changed.
Those extra few spins over those few days helped me to actually get into the cd a little more, but I’m afraid this release is still not much more than a competent, modern emo effort. Outside of two choice tracks—“The Damage” and “Lights and Jewels”—most of the songs were standard emo rock fare in the vein of Further Seems Forever or Name Taken. The vocals are standard, crooning emo fare. The guitars have that melancholy feel to them that comes with the genre. The majority of the tempos are in the slower range to accentuate the emotiveness of the vocals and guitars, while the drums and bass do a very natural job of rounding out their sound.
The two tracks mentioned above stand out because they both take on a bit of a different permutation with their song structure in comparison to the rest of the album. “The Damage” is actually a pretty heavy and thundering hard rock track and, frankly, it feels way out of place on this cd, yet it’s probably the best track on here. “Lights and Jewels” is a moderately epic sized song at almost six minutes. This song succeeds at being great because it actually feels like there is some real emotion being put into it instead of the faux emo that most bands in the genre put out today. Other than these two tracks, pretty much every song is interchangeable because of their similarities.
For all you emo kids, this is another solid release into the genre, but if you’ve had your fill of bands wearing their hearts on their sleeves, you’re not going to find anything new on this one.
--Rick Gebhardt
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