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 Review by: abileneINlove See others by this writer fairweather's website (link) Only registered users can post comments 
 
Published on October 18th 2002
In nearly sexually climatical anticipation did this reviewer purchase Fairweather's Alaska. Equal Vision has hyped this release as angular and aggressive. One can picture in glee the hanging of every 14 year-old in baggy shorts and clumsily large skate shoes hang their heads, tipping their Hurley caps even more so fashionably wayward. People who liked this also liked:           Please login or register to post comments. What are the benefits of having a Punknews.org account?
great guys. even better music. shitty review. reviewer: on behalf of the people who actually had to sit through this, and listen to you slaughter fairweather...shut 'yer mouth son, and please just never do a review again. thanks man. later. crappy review..you should review the music and not the image..asshole In my opinion, which are just like assholes since everyone has one, I think that the reviewer was trying to make them self sound so educated and quite knowledgeable about the indy music scene. In the review, the reviewer is very loquacious and sometimes it is hard to follow due to the stream of conscience type writing. Yes, this album is different from If they move, which is a good thing, since it shows the growth of a band. However, I would like to hear more than four songs. As for Saves the Day comparison, I can see it in the voice and melodic hardcore edge. Like, I said in the beginning everyone has an opinion and if you have the time you should give this album a spin. This way you can give your opinion and if you like, it’s a bonus and if you don't you can always sell it to a used cd store. Peace. That review is fucking worthless. Academic? Musically inclined? Ask anybody who knows anything about music and what it takes to have the balls to make it, and they will tell you that this is a great record. Anybody reading this review should check out the record for themselves, rather than applauding some fuck for bashing a band, and insulting them to boot. What the fuck is that all about? Use a search engine and read any other review of this record, they are all better than this one. Reviewer- GET FUCKED. dear reviewer, I still don't hear it, even in the vocals. The only comparison l can hear is two teenage guys singing nasally. That's it. I think that Fairweather's singer is much better. Listen to the end of "Southstreet, 1 am" and compare that with any Saves the Day acoustic track. I choose those because there's less fuzz between you and the singer. Mixed within the track I can see a tonal similarity, but in no way do I think they sound the same. Fairweather's singer is much more talented for my 10 dollars. Just as a heads up, I'm not trying to start anything with anybody...just curious what others think. the main comparison is in the vocal stylings...check it out...both those dorks sound the same...exactly the same For the past two years I've heard people comparing Fairweather to Saves the Day, and I'm sorry to say, I don't totally agree. I can see comparisons made between two melodic punk-oriented bands with hardcore tendencies, but other than that, I just don't see it. Lyrically, different. Their guitar work, quite different. Better, tighter bass/drum work on "If They Move..." than most Saves the Day work. I just could never confuse the two like I could a lot of the other bands out there right now. I'm not making fun of Saves the Day and I'm not too cool to say that I've got all of their records, but I just don't see the comparisons here. While I did think this was a really good and informative review, I'm sitting here listening to twelve Hour Turn and I can't imagine that the saves the day er, Fairweather album I heard a few summers ago sounds ANYTHING like twelve hour turn...if they do, then goddamn did they change...but still, I don't see why the reviewer thought that's what they'd sound like...weird... "Young. Brash. Hopefull." is one of the best songs ever, and it's off of "If They Move...Kill Them." I wish they still wrote songs like that. However, this EP is very, very good. Or I could just be an academic who is musically and critically inclined. Why do I get the feeling the reviewer has a thesaurus on his desk... You've never heard the record anyway. I urge you to cease this. Why you would think they would progress to sound like twelve hour turn or the blood brothers makes NO sense. I'm assuming you just wanted some cred though, using such cool bands to name drop. To say that they took verbal chops from Davey Havok means your ears are defunct. While now way is this EP wonderful it shows much improvement from the saves the day cover album they put out a couple years back. I agree with the band, the new sound is MUCH better. They are rocking my ass right now, whereas before they were just another STD ripoff band. I have not heard the ep, but I do own If they move..kill them, and that cd is pretty good for a young band, minus the youthful vocals this cd is very good, not the best by far but good, and i'd like to hear this ep. i don't think they had to change...i'm disappointed that they did, i liked the cd..... great ep, too short though. Couldn't care less about the band, but that was a fine review. I have to agree, that is one of the best reviews I've read here. Havent heard the cd but the review makes me curious. It took me about a week to get used to this EP. I had been expecting another If They Move... Kill Them, which was foolish to do. At first i was disappointed with it, but now I like it just as much as the full-length. Of course there are going to negative opinions on this release, but i really think it deserves a much higher score than a 4. i really like this cd and i think that next record will be even better. i think that no matter what fairweather does they're always going to be pigeonholed because of the first record and the singers voice. i admire fairweather a lot though, they realize that they can and should do something different. i think that takes a lot of balls. Stellar review for a rather blah band. Honestly I think they would be pretty good with a different singer. Thats one of the best reviews I've read in a long time. I actually like the newer direction. They had to get away from what they were doing before, you know? Let's face it, they would have drowned face-first in this scene if they didn't do something. I could do without some of the hey's and some of the guitar effects, but for the most part I'm keen on it. The catchy parts aren't as catchy as they could be, but I still hum some of the tunes. I didn't get it at first. It sounded like they were pretending. Then I listened to Thrice's latest cd a couple times, went back for a second listen and, call me crazy, it just made more sense. Before anyone else calls me on it, "climatical" is not a word. Yea um, so this cd is really good. Scott? What do you think? ouch |
