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 Review by: Brian See others by this writer ![[staff]](/images/icons/staffsticker.gif){kind=icon}
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Published on November 30th 2004
There's a good year between Don't Look Down's Five EP and their latest effort, The Fear In Love, so wouldn't you would think with that time the band could gather a couple original ideas and maybe cool down on the shameless Thrice aping their aforementioned release offered? No? Well, yeah, me neither.
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This is not as bad as described. New Found Glory doesn't even know what to do with themselves anymore either. Being influenced by Story of the Year is not something you really want to tell ANYONE, unless your purposely trying to create a fanbase of 15 year old girls. New Found Glory doesn't even know what to do with themselves anymore either. Being influenced by Story of the Year is not something you really want to tell ANYONE, unless your purposely trying to create a fanbase of 15 year old girls. Remember when Matchbook Romance was a skatepunk band called "the Getaway?" Matchbook Romance altered their sound to try and interest kids who liked their rhythms slower, their haircuts sideways, and don't forget the occasional random scream. Jordan- this band is a bunch of asshole trash. Jordan- "What would a pre hardcore band be?" score is for dont look down ...lump a.o.f. in with this score, i should have said "i swear i saw this band a few months ago, but they were just boring, cocky pop-rock blah. maybe there is two bands with the same stupid name and a lead singer with the same bad haircut." What would a pre hardcore band be? The comments are a bit harsh in this thread (hardly surprisingly of course) - I'm not sure where people get the idea that DLD are a bunch of trend chasers - that's sorta tough to prove on a band that had only 2 CDs out and an EP that don't vary in style all that much. Sure, these guys have a very contemporary sound, but guess what, they're a contemporary band! Setting personal tastes aside, I think it's rather clear that DLD have a knack for writing catchy, well put together songs. The last I checked, there was nothing criminal in wanting to write technical guitar parts because another band did a pretty good job doing the same thing... score is for dont look down Fuck this band...i hope they read this. I happen to bring up this band to Joe Escalante back when DLD was claiming to be picked up by Kung Fu. His impression was something along the lines of "that band just figures out what's trendy, and does that." I thought it amusing but simplistic at the time. However if you listen to their records and note the year they came out it's shockingly true! Every album they've put out has been a copycat record of whatever trendy thing was going on. Very small props to them for leaving out the screaming, but I'm more inclined to believe they just couldn't pull them off rather than that they consciously decided they didn't want to be that kind of band. i swear i saw this band a few months ago, but they were just boring, cocky pop-rock blah. maybe there is two bands with the same stupid name and a lead singer with the same bad haircut. It's also worth mentioning that this was produced by Brian McTernan, which really doesn't help the Thrice comparisons. Boring!!! I just thought the ep sounded like falloutboy...but a little less gay and a little less catchy. Fuck don't look down... Posers. Fucking morons. Don't Look Down, Funeral For A Friend, Matchbook Romance, Hawthorne Heights, and Story of The Year are all the exact same band. Cos -- Give Up The Ghost. there needs to be a ban on these "sentence-name" bands. Guys, if your band's name forms a complete sentence, chances are you suck. The 5 EP is really good, and sadly when I bought this and listened it hurt, mainly my ears. It realyl is not good. Sorry DLD but this blows more than Elton John and his bf Hey, at least they're not the Sex Pistols. This band will be the first to switch up their sound when the shit their peddling now is no longer valid with the kids. What a hunk of crap. The only reason they are getting two stars from me is because I think I deserve two stars for shitcanning this. The score is for no trigger. Hopefully you'll learn that referring to events/objects/people as "gay" makes you sound ignorant, redneck and just plain stupid. This band is flat out gay. Not to mention the fact that I've actually seen these fucks at the mall and when they saw me wearing a blood brothers shirt they walked up to see if I had heard of them. I said I hadn't heard their music but I'd give it a shot. What a waste of time. This shit's fucking GAY. This is one of those bands that makes compelling music only to have it completely ruined by the lyrics. Sure, it's in Thrice territory, but they have a good ear for riffing. What they need is a vocalist who'll push their sound. post-hardcore could be anything. fuck these record label gimmicks. this is defintiely what matchbook romance would sound like if you took out the screaming. actually, it sounds almost exactly like a small victory. neither of which comparisons are good things. any band that is described as "post hardcore" deserves this score |
