Album Review: Life, Scars, Apologies
By Since October
By Paul Gibson | June 10th, 2010 | Posted In Album Review
{Tooth And Nail}
June 8, 2010
Since October‘s first release “This Is My Heart” had good songs but didn’t really lend itself to a listen straight through. Their new effort, Life, Scars, Apologies, is stronger, both in the songs on it and how they sound together.
The title track, The Way You Move, Believe, The Show (already used as the theme song for Wrestlemania), and Made Up My Mind have a cool commercial rock sound we are used to hearing from bands like Saliva, and Seether. While slower tunes like Sober Love, and Mend All The Pieces feel as though they might have been ripped from the slow jam play book of Disciple.
Don’t Follow, the album closer has a spectacular southern vibe, complete with harmonica and while it still has a slight smack of Disciple, it’s just too good for anyone to care.
The album doesn’t have a ton of moments that will make you pause and contemplate their originality, but I don’t think the guys in SO were going for original. This is just good, solid, rock n roll.
If you like Seether, Saliva, Saving Able, Decyfer Down, Disciple, or Shinedown you should enjoy this one.
My only beef might be that it feels as though almost all the songs are really upbeat and beefy and the rest are ballads, I almost wish they had aimed a few towards the middle too.
~Paul Gibson
Favorite Tracks:
The Way You Move
Believe
The Show
Made Up My Mind
Don’t Follow
