Strength Approach - All The Plans We Made Are Going To Fail
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Kid DynamiteComeback Kid
With Honor
Release Date
11/01/2009
Label
Pee RecordsTracklist
1. Anthem For A Wasted Generation2. All The Plans We Made Are Going To Fail
3. The Alarm
4. Minus One
5. Forked Tongue
6. The Outsider Song
7. Far From Glory
8. In A Broken Stereo
9. It`s Not Pessimistic, It's Just Realistic
10. Every End Has A Start
11. Die Alone
12. Just A Simple Plan
13. My Life Is A Side Project
14. We Are The Guilty
15. I'd Rather Fall On My Own Mistakes Than Have You Bring Me Down To Yours
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It has been about one year now since I started writing for Decoy. If you've read my previous reviews, you will come to find that I normally stay within the lines of hardcore. Well this year will start off no different. One of my first tasks of 2010 is to review Italy’s own, Strength Approach. To those unfamiliar in the international hardcore scene, you should probably get with the program. These Romans are doing what many nowadays fail hard at: mix new school with old school. Strength Approach takes the styling of Sick Of It All and Kid Dynamite and mixes it in with some Comeback Kid and With Honor. The recipe, in my opinion, creates one hell of a hardcore album, and it’s all displayed on All The Plans We Made Are Going To Fail.
From start to finish the intensity is never lost on this album. Raw, pure and heartfelt… and all clocking in at around thirty minutes. These fifteen tracks never lose touch with the heart of what hardcore is supposed to be: anthem fueled tracks. All of which make for great crowd participation, and it seems to be a very common occurrence displayed on this disk which is best demonstrated during “The Alarm”. The vocals on this album bring are at the forefront of the band's already gigantic sound. It’s not very often that you hear a punk or hardcore album have the sound this one does. “I’m Not Pessimistic, Just Realistic” possesses the liveliness of a classic Roman, steed driven chariot race. Relentless vocals and hasty instrumentation keep for a reoccurring shift of melody and aggression on “In A Broken Stereo” and “Forked Tongue”. This album isn’t all punk hardcore power-chords, however, as “Every End Has A Start” possesses some subtle guitar work that is sure to grab your attention.
There is nothing fancy about this re-release, nothing crazy, nothing that will keep you “oooohhh’n” and “awwwww’n”. However, it’s straight up, in your face unrefined hardcore. It has raised the bar for all bands that wish to make a name for themselves in this already oversaturated scene. My thought is that all these other wannabe, “let’s take it back to the good old days” hardcore bands should sit down and take notes. Strength Approach will continue to prosper in this genre and this album is solid proof.
--Bill Lohr
Comments
Lehigh Valley, PA
Rick, you disappoint me so much. This is a solid punk hardcore album.
Minnesota
Eh, I just couldn't get into it. Nothing really drew me into the album. I've heard it all before and Strength Approach weren't doing anything new and what they were doing wasn't as engaging as a lot of other bands similar to them.
I wish that I liked this album more because I genuinely enjoy most of what comes out on Pee Records. They're a solid label.
Lehigh Valley, PA
Hey man, I even said in the last paragraph that it was nothing out of the norm, it's just very solid. In my opinion, it's what more bands in the hardcore scene should be doing.