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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 March 15th 2005
Listen up motherfuckers, this is that new unheard of, unspoken, so if you're down, then get down, and if you're not, then get the fuck out!What if we're just really indifferent? Emanuel may very well be the first band I've heard to come off like a cross between a poor man's Bronx and a rich man's Senses Fail. That is, to say, the band treads some newfound middle ground between balls-out, throat-ripping rock and the usually repulsive tendencies of melodic nü-screamo; only, they raise the former's accessibility and improve upon the faults of the latter. After the abovementioned intro - lactating worse than post-labor cattle - we dive into "The Hey Man!," verses containing studio-tricked out screams and a chorus of the super-melodic variety...and you've pretty much got the formula for most of the album. It is, however, pretty explosive and dynamic, as is Its follower, "Buy American Machines." The choruses are all pretty much contemporary fare, but they are in the least fairly infectious and energetic; I'm reminded a lot of Dead Poetic's New Medicines at times, in that sense, especially with a few solid offerings of core-induced rock. Still, most of the album suffers from relatively sub-par songwriting and bland structure, offering interesting moments far and few between. I'd say the standout track is probably the last; "Dislocated" slows things down a bit to shut out the disc, completely screamless and a bit more emotional (for the band and their subsequent sound, anyway). As far as lyrical content goes, I've seen reviews here and there that claim undertones of sexism, but it really isn't anything serious. More or less it's the same silly though unintentional chauvinist attitude leaking from most of their peers. Plagued by mediocrity via a mildly awkward hybrid of the abovegiven sounds, Emanuel's debut is well-produced and musically competent but sparse in staying power in terms of its presence in your CD player and, if they can't find ways to improve, the physical aspect too. MP3s The Hey Man [clip] The Willing STREAM Buy American Machines The Hotline The New Violence People who liked this also liked:           Please login or register to post comments. What are the benefits of having a Punknews.org account?
this album is fucking awesome,and to say their anything like senses fail is shit.this is the only bad review ive seen for the album.You twat. That line isn't on the copy I bought yesterday. This CD rocks! It has great sound, great lyrics and gets me down. If you're down, get down and if not, get the **** out. I haven't actually heard a single note from this record yet, but I'm thinking that if the strongest response to it comes in the form of a conversation about pogs, then it's probably not worth my time. If you want to title your record "poem to ____" or " song of ____", fine, but soundtrack to anything sounds too pretentious, like your reviewing your own record. when these guys opened for senses fail last year the tour manager from senses told me that Emanuel looks and sounds like recover. he was right. not better not worse, they just are i stopped collecting pictures of dudes playing sports when i was in 5th grade. I've got like 2 thick binders full of baseball cards, two of football, then one each of smaller hockey and basketball. Dorks. Magic cards...NOW we are talking. What colors/cards? i sold a trash bag full of pogs for 20 bucks and that was like 7 years ago. i still have magic cards from a long long time ago if anyone is interested. they obviously should have named the record "Pogs". This wins the award for WORST ALBUM TITLE EVER. Who the fuck do these guys think they're fooling? That title sounds like it should be on a P.O.D. album or something. hahahaha i love this site. this is the only place in the world where a review of a mediocre emo band would somehow lead to an in-depth discussion about pogs. Does anyone want to buy my pogs? I have all of Series I and II. wickety-wickety wack! *pogs i used to get power rangers pongs from McDonald's. I remember owning quite a few Spawn and Simpsons pogs, a shitty rip off plastic Sonic slammer, and a weighty silver slammer with an outward indention on the bottom... I think I only played the game 4 times. So quick to follow the lead of an album reviewer, behind his desk. Hmm... Anyone read the rolling stone? Alternative press? Ect.. Its an awesome c. D. And youd be a fool not to open your mind to it. It rocks! This album would be really good if didn't suck. person below me makes me want to DANCE melodic nü-screamo Poison, that's what the cool ones I was thinking of were called. Man, those were sweet. person BELOW me makes me HORNY pogs are fucking dangerious http://bjo.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/81/4/329c well the thought of Emanuel makes me want Ryan Seacrest to take a hot diarrhea in my mouth while he punches my stomach. i actually won a couple of pog tournaments that were held in comic book shops and got a bunch of trov shit. those dudes from trov running the tournament must of been out of a job like three weeks later when the fad died oh shit! poison... fuck i remember when these armenian assholes introduced me to pogs and they took out a poison slammer and said "poison!" then took all the pogs i had stacked. i had to declare no poisons before every game from that day on. did anyone else play with that bullshit rule? my coolest slammer was the golden "bad boy" I used to own so fucking many pogs, it was ridiculous. I had an 8 ball gameboard, a sweet screaming 8-ball slammer, a ton of Simpsons and poison pogs, but no one to play with. Seriously, I don't think I ever played one single game of pogs with anyone. I've got some Alf pogs. Remember Alf ? He's back and in Pog form ! The only lyrics that are mentioned in this review aren't even on the cd. Hahaha.... The only lyrics that are mentioned in this review aren't even on the cd. this band is fucking lame It's hard to imagine anyone buying this when Vaux albums are still commercially available. And all the while you just know the staff at AP are touching themselves to this record. I for one was really into the Simpsons pogs, but I owned the OJ one and the ying yang/snakes/8ball's too.. Damn, score is for how I thought pogs were going to be my whole life. I'm just sort of surprised you didn't use my quote about this band... Finally, a review week with absolutely no good reviews! I've been waiting forever for this! when i heard 'the hey man' a long time ago i was looking forword to this. turns out to be incredibly lame. they're not very much fun live either. argh, brian, this is what i meant when i asked about the review backed up thing and then stumbled away from my computer. how many reviews are in the queue? envy needs love! the "grand slam" was what it was all about. an inch and a half thick. if you hold that bad boy sideways and hit the pogs with the edge of the slammer.... game over. no, the best pogs ever were the jagged saw blade ones. the best slammer ever was a nice, thick red aluminium one with two finger grooves and a picture of oj on the front. it was glroious. With every throwdown, I'd hit pog jackpot. Those were glorious days. The best pogs had combinations of snakes, 8 balls, and ying-yangs. Kids were all about that shit. emanual lewis in webster was out of this world. It's hard to imagine anyone buying this when Vaux albums are still commercially available. haha. i still have pogs somewhere hey man is kind of a catchy song..ok just by itself...but the rest of this crap is the sucky McSucks alot oh and score is for the cover art. reminds me of a slammer (pogs). "hey man" was kinda cool 3 years ago. this shit reminds me of glassjaw. puke |
