I'm a firm believer in the 00s. Anyone who says "well, this music thing is just getting worse and worse" is either too old or too lazy to dig a little deeper. Sure, every genre has its share of By-Numbers, and metalcore is, probably more so than most, no exception. In fact, my local music scene is a microcosm of the entire metalcore movement, except the kids have recently grown up and started whipping out the brutal-er vocals and five-beats-per-minute breakdowns. Fuck, I'm getting off topic.
Misery Signals was, at two (three if you're a dick) points, no exception to that followers thing I mentioned up there, although they were always a tad more emotional than a small majority of their cohorts. Controller has marked the end of that in-line era for this band, and instead propelled them directly to the front. Every selling point this band has ever held has been completely reinvigorated, and with added bubblegum-smooth instrumental work. Every good idea they've ever envisioned, every awesome riff that didn't quite mesh with previous sounds, and every emotional moment that their prepubescent selves experienced, all culminate in this stunning monster of an album. For anyone who likes emotional music in general, metal, or post-rockian metalcore. Yep, I said it. Listen to "Set in Motion" and tell me you don't hear a huge Explosions in the Sky influence.
Note: Yeah, this one's a little out of place, but I had to sellout sometime. Plus, this is the best straight-up metalcore album I've ever heard. Definitely a contender on the "Top Five Reasons Metalcore May Not be a Dying Genre" list.
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