Alexisonfire

Haven't these guys already had an album in the user list? Oh god this is "myspace-core" if ever there was such a thing lol. I dunno, not really my thing. It's just a bit too amateur - the music doesn't do much, the clean singing/trade-off vocals are weak, etc. Actually, weak is the overall word here. An album this loud and heavy should at least be POWERFUL, but this isn't at all. 2/5.

I submitted Watch Out! so of COURSE I'd give this a 5/5 hell yeah

Woof these guys are sure mad about something

On repeat: There are so many really great post-hardcore and emo albums and this is not one of them. I like this one better than "Watch Out!", but still I do not like it that much. The spoken words parts are interesting though, they should do this more often (I get a Slint feeling). I'm in a happy state, so I'll give it 3 stars.

I did not like their album Watch Out! Not looking forward to this one… and my hesitation was merited. Not for me.

Mostly with (post-)hardcore, I like the music, and not the screaming vocals. This one is no exception. But the music isn't that great on this one too. So not a high score for Alexisonfire

I was a City and Colour kid first. Saw him live and he did an Alexisonfire set in the middle of the show. It blew my mind. It wasn't really my cup of tea, but I liked the versatility Dallas had. It's only grown on me over the years. Nowadays I think I prefer Alexisonfire to City and Colour!

Pretty damn good, but I'm already a fan

Loved alexis when I was 16, I prefer watch out to their debut though.

I'm pretty sure we didn't need two Alexisonfire albums on the user list, but I do prefer this one to Watch Out! from a coupla weeks ago. It's angrier, somehow, but the guitar work is better throughout and they do a better job of cutting through the wall of angsty noise and driving some good melodies; A Dagger Through..., Polaroids of Polar Bears, Waterings are all good blocked together through the middle, it's all done in 40 mins or so and blasts home with Pulmonary Archery which is evocative of some of the best screamo from this era. Watch Out! got a low 4 so on the entirely arbitrary scale we work on this is a middling 4.

Rating: 6/10 Best songs: Polaroids of polar bears

Metal emo

Nice bit of screamo to accompany my lunch

Never thrilled to see Screamo on the genre list. I just don't like the vocal style. At times this does some interesting things blending in clean vocals, though the spoken word bits did nothing for me. The music is fast, competent, nothing much new here.

The classic shitty Midwest Emo vocals were to be expected, but the guitar work here was interesting enough to keep me tuned in the entire LP. Reminded me at points of Mars Volta with some pop-punk flair, which was a surprisingly workable combo.

Why did all early 00s emo bands seem to have one singer from a boy and, and the other from a mine in Middle Earth?

Default preset screamo. Not great, not terrible. Their later albums are more interesting from what I remember. 3/5.

Pretty good for 2002 emo

God this brings back high school. I remember hearing this band back in like 2003ish and disliking the music. But it makes sense why it was popular amongst the high schoolers. It's the perfect emo-My Space era music. Listening to it now 2 decades later, I can't really connect with it. I imagine if you really liked it back then it means a lot but to me it just doesn't work. My personal rating: 3/5 My rating relative to the list: 3/5 Should this have been included on the original list? No.

Not nearly as good as their later album Crisis. This is more of the emo screamo and less of Dallas green on the melodies. Crisis had a really solid mix of those that made the album great. This album falls short of that and it’s stuck in the early 2000s emo scene that doesn’t really age well. 5.5/10

You know what, musically this was not bad at all really. The vocals just kill it for me though. The whole clean/unclean thing is beyond me. It's like taking a piss on a well manicured lawn. Some people might think I mean that in a good way, but I don't.

Stupid music, though I love Dallas Green's City and Colour project.

I'm glad Alex is on fire.

Not a fan of the genre and the constant screamo is a complete no-no for me. Music seems competent though. Sorry.

I like the music itself but why bother with the vocal noise? It's just awful. It saves itself from a One star but the stupid voice is, well.....err...stupid.

A bit too shouty for me. I don’t understand this type of music but lots of people do so what does my opinion matter?

Once again, I just can't with this band. Every time I listen to one of their albums hoping it'll be different even though deep down I know it'll be the same screamo as always.

Screamo, emo, post-hardcore. Pero qué mierda... Un 1.

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👏🤣 There’s no way I’m listening to two albums by these guys!