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Fire Divine

It's All A Blur (2004)
Deep Elm Records

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Contributed by: KirbyPuckett
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Published on April 23rd 2004

Fire Divine is composed of former members from June Spirit and A Life Once Lost. You would be safe to assume that the group continues the “Emo” sound that those bands were known for. Mix that with a pinch of aggressive Rock guitars and you’ve got a respectable debut E.P. in “It’s All a Blur.”

“Clark and Rightwood” christens this vessel with clamorous upbeat guitars and appealing chorus lines. The same pattern is used on “Reputation Outlives Application” but the background screaming glued on top of the harmonies destroy any hope for innovation. The quintet wanted us to know that they all have “Pinkerton” in their CD racks, with “We Ride on Sunbeams” pleading for the comparison. As the title hints this is a perfect song for a cool spring afternoon drive. Combining the intensity of the earlier tunes and the sweet melodies of the former “Smoke and Mirrors” ends the past fifteen minutes with anything but a blur.

There’s a lot of flair and promise within this four song debut. By way of a few minor tweaks, harnessing a definite sound and getting rid of the annoying “Screamo” tendencies this band will eventually release a respected full length.

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Anonymous (November 24, 2005)

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soulbleed (October 26, 2004)

June Spirit owns you.

Manman (April 27, 2004)

The album was chuck full of cheesy old-movie quotes and plenty of pre-1980 references. I would recommend some deep research before trying to decipher these encrypted messages in "music"-form. You may also notice that there is a picture of a ski-lift on the front. Yeah. Those are fun. Take the advice provided (and cleverly hidden) on the front and lick your copy of this record and stick it onto the pole of the ski-lift. I did and it has been the source of great happiness in my own life. The 9 is for the joy of destroying this album, maybe more like 9.4 or something.

Anonymous (April 27, 2004)

AIRHEADS

they covered a reagan youth song

Haggard (April 26, 2004)

The fucking Lone Rangers. Was that the name of that one movie with Brendan Fraiser?

-Justin

Anonymous (April 26, 2004)

a life once lost were the exacy opposite of emo you tard. next time take yor head out of your ass before writing a review

Anonymous (April 26, 2004)

who cares about the june spirit or a life once lost? this band has members of THE MINE SHAFT GAP!

Anonymous (April 25, 2004)

please don't get the "this is what emo used to be... this is what emo is today" debate started. it's fucking pointless

Anonymous (April 25, 2004)

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

a full length. haha.

fatbrendan (April 24, 2004)

this is an awesome cd. it continues more in the vain of the june spirit and ian musgrove's voice is the icing on the cake. i almost prefer this ep to the tjs debut ep.

Anonymous (April 24, 2004)

i dont know.. from what ive heard this band do, i liked it.

Anonymous (April 24, 2004)

A Life Once Lost was basically the polar opposite of emo.

Anonymous (April 23, 2004)

this is shitty

Anonymous (April 23, 2004)

A LIFE ONCE LOST is everything but EMO: are you joking?!?!

Anonymous (April 23, 2004)

First
-The Lone Rangers