The new Underoath album came out today. There was substantially less hype surrounding the release of this record as compared to their last record (which makes sense considering that they didn't really do to much different on this record).
Maybe it's because I haven't had too much time with it yet, but I'm missing the vast improvement that some people are claiming is present from Define The Great Line and Lost In The Sound of Separation.
The CD isn't bad by any means. I'm just wondering why everyone seems to be losing their shit about how great this CD is.
There a couple of stand out tracks in "Breathing In A New Mentality" (Especially the beginning, turn up your speakers for the full effect), "Anyone Can Dig A Hole But It Takes A Man To Call It Home", "The Only Survivor Was Miraculously Unharmed", and "Too Bright To See Too Loud To Hear". The Later three being some of the heavier tracks on the album while the last is softer for the most part, but totally badass.
The group seems to play with softer sounds on this record (not really a bad thing), but don't seem to do anything with the changes of pace. Track 7 ("Casting Such A Thin Shadow") on Define The Great Line is a definite break from the rest of Define The Great Line, but its slow, meandering, Pelican like build up that leads into its atmospheric, crushing, Deftones like crescendo not only sounds totally awesome, but shows the band stretching themselves in an interesting way. There don't seem to really be any of these moments on this record.
I'm definitely willing to admit that maybe I just need more time with this album to get into it and see it for what it is. And to repeat It's a good album. By genre standards it might be one of the best of the year, yet when you do as much as Underoath does, as well as they do it, criticism comes with a heavier hand.
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