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I didn't know the lead singer from The Early November was in two bands. Oh wait, he isn't. This just happens to be another typical whiny singer coming our way via Drive-Thru Records. With that said I would like to introduce you all to the newest addition to DTR, Hidden In Plain View.

While listening to the first track I thought I had accidently purchased The Early November CD. After stopping my stereo and ejecting the CD to check to make sure I bought the right CD, I realized I had. This led me to believe that this CD was going to be a disappointment. After listening to the first song I realized this CD was going to be no different then the last 5 I have purchased.

The lyrics to these songs aren't that bad. The way they are sung is a whole different story though. The normal lead singer with screaming in the background. The background singer repeating the words the singer just sang. Haven't I heard that before?

All in all the CD was a disappointment. I don't blame DTR though. I blame myself for thinking they could produce something original worth listening to.






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    Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 24, 2006 at 7:06 PM (EST)

    I agree...this band fucking sucks. This isn't punk...this is typical, generic, pussified whiny goddamn emo. People rave about how this band rocks. Their singer sounds like he hasn't reached puberty, and screams like a little girl, and the music itself is rehashed and watered down beginner level power chords that anyone who has basic knowledge of how to play a guitar can play. Seriously, how is that good music? If you're a pussy ass emo fag, then yeah you'll appreciate this band. If you want some REAL punk, go listen to NOFX, Rancid, Descendents, Pennywise, Superjoint Ritual, Agnostic Front, Black Flag, S.O.D, M.O.D, Corrosion of Conformity, Suicidal Tendencies, Warzone, Leeway, or any other TRUE punk band! Emo pussy wimps!

    Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, November 24, 2005 at 5:05 PM (EST)
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    Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, March 5, 2005 at 6:26 PM (EST)

    HIPV rocks!!! good job guys!

    Posted by TENemorocker182 on 2004-07-17 00:38:17
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    Who ever did this main review is a fuckin dickhead pussy ass bitch. Your so lame mabye you should get some better taste in music you stupid bitch cause obviously your in so much denial about yourself or your penis or something that you cant do a fucking decent review so stop hating on HIPV. You make somthing up that sounds better than this and then send it to me and I will see if your able to fuckin judge shit you fuck head.!!

    Posted by boba_fett on 2004-01-07 13:23:55
    My Score:

    "you should definitely see their live show"

    no you really shouldnt. unless you like really bad music.

    Posted by jwdanperci on 2004-01-06 17:03:56
    My Score:

    Hidden In Plain View sucks the major fucking cock all of you asshole bitches who like them should kill yourselves you cunt guzzling fruitcakes. Thank you and Have a nice day :-)

    Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 6, 2004 at 2:07 PM (EST)
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    Dear "Lost In The Crowd 13"

    A review is a piece of journalism. It is meant to be informative and critical of the subject, for bad or good. Quite frankly you are a shit journalist. You are not worthy of writing a review of this album.

    The over used comments such as "i checked my CD player to make sure I was not listening to *insert band name here* is very boring now.

    Not only is this a good album, but you my friend are a twat.

    Thank you for your attention.

    PS Do not write a review under the name of "Lost In The Crowd 13" again, as it makes you look like even more of a penile wart than you are (and you are a large, puss filled one at that).

    Posted by FortyMinutesWest on 2004-01-02 22:57:42
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    " every review of this album uses that whole sarcastic "i puled the cd out to see if it was the right one" remark and its not funny any more. "

    That should tell you something about the album.

    Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 31, 2003 at 4:51 PM (EST)
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    "Even if a band sucks, when you call them something like "Hidden in Shitview" you sound like a 13 year old kid who is so proud of the name that it ranks second behind filling his ass up with peanut butter so his dog licks it out as his best ideas ever"

    that was almost funny, but it fell short

    Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 31, 2003 at 3:02 PM (EST)
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    Even if a band sucks, when you call them something like "Hidden in Shitview" you sound like a 13 year old kid who is so proud of the name that it ranks second behind filling his ass up with peanut butter so his dog licks it out as his best ideas ever

    Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 31, 2003 at 2:33 AM (EST)
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    this review sucks. every review of this album uses that whole sarcastic "i puled the cd out to see if it was the right one" remark and its not funny any more. get some originality and some real critisms of this album

    Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, December 30, 2003 at 3:06 AM (EST)
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    QUICK!

    Pull the review down before Drive Thru Records files a lawsuit for defamation of bad music.

    Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, December 30, 2003 at 12:49 AM (EST)
    My Score:

    fuck my ass fuck fuck my ass

    Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, December 30, 2003 at 12:40 AM (EST)
    My Score:

    holy shit now that is brilliant.

    Posted by funkisdead on 2003-12-29 23:42:55
    My Score:

    i think rosie perez posted that.

    Posted by funkisdead on 2003-12-29 23:42:21
    My Score:

    "dude, wtf? i mean, im sure ur some crazy punk rock guy, and isnt being some crazy punk rock guy all about "only God can judge me" or "u cant judge me,...u dont kno how it is to live my life" so wtf are u bitching about?? no one made u BUY the album. even if i hated DTR i wud be saying this cuz soo many pple bitch about wat they DONT listen to. its cool that u put out ur opinion but why be so goddam harsh? many ppl can get all pissed off when someone makes fun of their taste in music but to go out and make fun of OTHER pple's type of music...thats being hypocritical dont u think? u can say that a CD sucked without completley goin all out dissing the band/record label in such a sorry ass way! damn, pple need to stop this shit. for the record, i liked this ep..the only thing that sucked about it was that it was too short."

    what the fuck.

    Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 29, 2003 at 9:29 PM (EST)
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    shit, of course.

    review's for the score.

    Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 29, 2003 at 9:27 PM (EST)
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    To the guy who said their first cd was good:
    What did it sound like?

    Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 29, 2003 at 9:17 PM (EST)
    My Score:

    wow, this review gave me herpes.

    Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 29, 2003 at 6:33 PM (EST)
    My Score:

    this band has the worst name i've seen in a long, long time.

    they should tour with Verticle Horizon and Third Eye Blind.

    Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 29, 2003 at 3:59 PM (EST)
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    why are there all the sudden reviews from the small chicago label LLR? this band and 504plan are/were both on that label, when the only good band from that label is the academy.

    Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 29, 2003 at 12:22 PM (EST)
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    Their first CD before Drive Thru, Operation Cut Throat, had some good shit on it. I don't know what happened but they totally changed their sound. They should go back to where they started. Is someone else writing their music?

    Posted by 8dollarclarinetsolo on 2003-12-29 00:32:49
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    i saw them and was obviously uninterested, but my friend who moderately liked them said they werent any good live, so take that for something i guess. it should probably be easy to tell that this is shit without a review, but i guess this works for anyone who was on the fence

    Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, December 28, 2003 at 11:17 PM (EST)
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    this cd is good. their live performance is better. and they personally are great guys.

    if you actually take these reviews seriously on this page, then you need your head checked.

    Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, December 28, 2003 at 8:59 PM (EST)
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    dude, wtf? i mean, im sure ur some crazy punk rock guy, and isnt being some crazy punk rock guy all about "only God can judge me" or "u cant judge me,...u dont kno how it is to live my life" so wtf are u bitching about?? no one made u BUY the album. even if i hated DTR i wud be saying this cuz soo many pple bitch about wat they DONT listen to. its cool that u put out ur opinion but why be so goddam harsh? many ppl can get all pissed off when someone makes fun of their taste in music but to go out and make fun of OTHER pple's type of music...thats being hypocritical dont u think? u can say that a CD sucked without completley goin all out dissing the band/record label in such a sorry ass way! damn, pple need to stop this shit. for the record, i liked this ep..the only thing that sucked about it was that it was too short.

    Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, December 28, 2003 at 5:51 PM (EST)
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    Alright...I hate this band as much as the next guy, but the reviewer actually went out and BOUGHT IT. wouldn't you expect the maximum suckage?

    Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, December 28, 2003 at 2:16 PM (EST)
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    millikin U is for pussies

    Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, December 28, 2003 at 1:22 PM (EST)
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    "by far the WORST. REVIEW. EVAR"

    that hurts just to read

    Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, December 28, 2003 at 2:59 AM (EST)
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    Yeah my review does suck ass.

    Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, December 28, 2003 at 1:52 AM (EST)
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    Why do you have to eject the cd to see who the band is? Don't you have the case right there?

    And boy....you can't remember what cd you bought? Come here, I got a blender to sell 'ya.

    Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, December 27, 2003 at 7:30 PM (EST)
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    Honestly this shit is so bad I can understand why this guy wouldn't want to waste time telling everyone what sucks about it. He said it sounds like the early november and every other peice of shit Drive Thru has put out. That's enough for me, quit crying pussies. How many of you actually thought you'd buy this record anyway? I'm sure most of us had an idea regardless of this review. And about 50% of the reviews on here get the "worst review ever on this site" comment.

    Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, December 27, 2003 at 5:18 PM (EST)
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    http://www.millikin.edu/mr/Music/howto3.html

    Posted by TheMaestro on 2003-12-27 16:56:29
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    score is for the cd, and a 4th of that is for the review.

    um idon't understand what your fucking problem is "lost in the crowd 13". quit living.

    Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, December 27, 2003 at 4:13 PM (EST)
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    This here review seems to be going for "most-hated" on site.

    Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, December 27, 2003 at 3:36 PM (EST)
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    horrible horrible review. did you even know what the ealy november sound like? Biased from the start, if ya didn't want to listen, then don't write a shitty review.

    Posted by sweetsugarpezz on 2003-12-27 14:59:31
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    by far the WORST. REVIEW. EVAR.

    and im pretty sure this band sucks too.

    Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, December 27, 2003 at 2:46 PM (EST)
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    this is just as bad as the latest saves the day review.

    -scotty

    Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, December 27, 2003 at 2:44 PM (EST)
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    you people KNOW shit

    Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, December 27, 2003 at 2:11 PM (EST)
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    i like this cd. yes, it sounds like everything else, but their drummer is pretty sick for being such a young kid. you should definitely see their live show, anyway. and yea, their older stuff put this album to shame. OMFG GO ELITIST MOTHERFUCKERS!#@%

    Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, December 27, 2003 at 9:48 AM (EST)
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    may i ask what the fuck was going through your head when you wrote this? obviously everyone on this site is going to agree with you that hidden in shitview sucks major dick, but you could have at least put an ounce of thought into this review. this is probably the worst review i've ever read on this site, and i've been comming over here for 2 years. please do everyone a favor and don't submit anymore reviews if you're going to put zero thought into them. this was ridiculous.

    the hidden in plainview album sucked cause the first song was horrible. the second - 4th songs were mediocre and everything past that was crap i've heard before. but at least this review is way fucking better than yours you crap weasel.

    Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, December 27, 2003 at 3:53 AM (EST)
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    i just vomited in my mouth.
    -funkisdead.

    Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, December 27, 2003 at 2:19 AM (EST)
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    yes you should blame your self... 5 cd's god damm...

    Posted by Anonymous on Friday, December 26, 2003 at 11:46 PM (EST)
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    These guys used to rock. Not in a hardcore way, but in a really good pop-punk/power pop way. I KNEW signing to Drive Thru would ruin them.

    Posted by Anonymous on Friday, December 26, 2003 at 11:27 PM (EST)
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    Suck my dick suck suck my dick and its big yes and its big

    Posted by i-type-poorly on 2003-12-26 22:01:32
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    They should shorten their name to just "Plain"

    Posted by Haggard on 2003-12-26 18:12:36
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    You don't even need a review. You can just look at what label this is on and realize it is terrible.

    -Justin

    Posted by Anonymous on Friday, December 26, 2003 at 5:56 PM (EST)
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    it must say something about your tastes that the last 5 cds you bought all sucked; probably goes along with how much this review sucked. if you're going to schlag a record, at least give some reasons why other than it sounds like everything else drive-thru has put out lately. duh, of course it does. that's what drive-thru is beating like a dead horse these days. go figure.

    Posted by Anonymous on Friday, December 26, 2003 at 4:23 PM (EST)
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    that review didnt tell me anything... but it doesnt matter. drive thru records is a perfect representation of everything that is wrong with music today. drive thru and MTV are destroying hardcore.

    Posted by Anonymous on Friday, December 26, 2003 at 3:48 PM (EST)
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    I don't care for Drive-Thru at all, (I don't consider RX Bandits a "Drive-Thru band", but this review is fucking horrible. You make no sense, and almost made a review just to bitch about a label you don't like. Next time, how about describing why the album eats cock, instead of some generic observations.

    I'm not asking for Pitchfork, but come on. No gold star for effort here.

    -sickboi

    Posted by Anonymous on Friday, December 26, 2003 at 3:47 PM (EST)
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    shitty review dude