There for Tomorrow - A Little Faster
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ParamoreThe Escape Frame
Anberlin
A Day To Remember
Release Date
06/09/2009
Label
Hopeless RecordsTracklist
1. Remedy2. A Little Faster
3. Wish You Away
4. Backbone
5. Deathbed
6. Just In Time
7. Stories
8. I Can't Decide
9. Sore Winner
10. Burn The Night Away
11. The World Calling
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There for Tomorrow is a group with some major potential, but they lack the ability to successfully execute. Their latest album, A Little Faster, sounds great, but it has no depth. Before we get into the nitty-gritty of the full-length, it should be noted that There for Tomorrow has had success amongst the Warped Tour community with the songs they’ve released on their Pages EP. The Florida natives can write catchy and upbeat songs, but the way they’re done on the full-length seems like any kid with a Mac and an instrument can pull it off. A Little Faster carries a heavy pop load, which is to be expected with producer James Paul Wisner on board. His production credit spans over such tear-jerking groups as Further Seems Forever and Paramore. Despite the issues with originality and creativeness, they won’t disappoint the mindless pop-rockers who only hear hooks.
Songs like “Deathbed” sound happening but are plagued with clichés. We aren’t just talking about the lyrics either. The rise and fall of the song’s melody falls into textbook pop music. The dramatically slow-and-steady beat of the drum intro and the “heart dropping” bridge before the chorus can get pretty overwhelming to those who haven’t hit puberty yet. The album needs some complexity, something to spice it up other than loopy guitars and a ball-clamped version of Jason Vena (Acceptance) on vocals.
Maika Maile has a sweet voice, though. It adds power behinds the instruments when it needs to and calms songs down for the ladies when called for. The only thing is he’s not singing anything with lyrical substance. The lyrics serve well during the slow songs like “Burn the Night Away” and “Just in Time” where the purpose of those songs are to make everything sound sad and exponentially meaningful to have girls drop their panties. It’s not enough, though. They have to bring their A game to the pen and pad every day. No exceptions.
I must admit, however, There for Tomorrow knows how to rock the fuck out with as much badassness as they can muscle. The lead guitars wail on the ears and it doesn’t stop for most the record. Christian Climer seems to have an unlimited amount of catchy string picking in his arsenal of musicianship. And along with the melodic voice of the lead vocalist, the drums have some solid beats. On this album they have the ability, at times, to be fun and funky for how simple they are. Some of these songs definitely seem Rock Band worthy, at least from a drumming perspective, with how fun and moderately easy the drum tracks are.
The lyric, “From day one, I always told you so,” isn’t so great, but the intro licks on “A Little Faster” is. The screaming at the end of “Sore Winner” definitely adds nothing to the song, but the steadily simple beat of “The Worlds Calling” sounds grooving with the melody from the first word. I wouldn’t think the album is just trash since there is some treasure here, and I wouldn’t be surprised if There for Tomorrow carries out their in-studio energy to their shows across the states, however, it’s ultimately not worth buying the album when you could listen to their more popular songs on MySpace and discover the rest of tunes on tour. Hopefully There for Tomorrow will decide to pick up a new producer for their next album and learn what it takes to mature their music.
--Jose Terrero
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Infinitely Inwards
Not horrendous, but there isdefinitely room for much improvement...... "as much badassness as they can muscle".....I've been known to use that word on select occasions. Cool review.
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Um WHAT...no. I'll pass on this. Listened to two songs on their page and had to go to the bathroom to vomit immediately after.
Minnesota
It seems nearly everything Jose gives a good rating to, I usually dislike. So I figured I'd not be a fan before I even listened... and then I listened... and my suspicions were confirmed :-)
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New York
haha, funny thing is I don't even consider this a good rating. I was debating between a 3 and a 3.5 but what pushed it over was the beat/melody in "The World Calling." It's pretty legit.
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Cincinnati
"I can't decide" turned out to be my favoritefrom this disc.
I need to give this a few more spins, butwith the exception of a couple tracks, everything else seemed to mesh together. I'm not hating it by any means, just nothing special I guess.
I will agree though...the dude has a very good voice (damn, I wish I could sing).