The 2013 Arsies: January 23, 2013

Jump to February 11 February 8 February 7 February 6 February 5 February 4 February 1 January 31 January 30 January 29 January 28 January 25 January 24 January 23 January 22 January 21 January 18 January 17 January 16 January 15 January 14 January 11 January 10 January 9 January 8 January 7 January 4 January 3 January 2 January 1 December 31 Prelude RSS

Save This Bracket

January 23, 2013

I don't know what it is about Ex Lives. Whenever I'm about to listen to it, I think I'm going to hate it. Something about it leaves an unpleasant aftertaste. (Perhaps it's the album's smug self-aware Southern rock artiface.) That said, as soon as Underwater Bimbos From Outer Space starts, the album wins me back again. Such is its surprising and demented power.
The Dew-Scented album is unequivocally great. It rages from start to finish. But there are no surprises to it. By comparison, the Every Time I Die is a long line of sucker punches. It keeps you off your balance, and as a result it pretty much does this to Dew-Scented.
Brutal! But will Every Time I Die have what it takes to defeat As I Lay Dying? We'll find out next week.
Tomorrow: The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza takes on Old Man Gloom. That's gonna be pretty angry, I tell you what.

comments powered by Disqus

Hear samples and more on Amazon MP3

This work by Metalligentsia is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.