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Let Your Body Take Over
2006
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Review by: Anchors
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Published on August 17th 2007

I’ve got some four-letter lies for you:

Good.
Fair.
Okay.

Any of those distinctions would be completely blasphemous when used in conjunction with Let Your Body Take Over, an album so chock full of five-year-old clichés and tired themes that I’m surprised Jay Leno hasn’t integrated it to his late night stand-up.

Metalcore, pure and simple, you’ll find the same breakdowns and sung vocals as Underoath was doing, and doing better, six years ago. By the standard of what the genre is in 2008, they’re par for the course, at worst a two over. By the standard of music as a whole, they’re still riding a train that most bands with good sense jumped off during Bush’s first term in office. The sing/scream dynamic so over-used in the genre is more pronounced on Let Your Body Take Over than with most; if you catch certain songs at a certain time you’d never even know it was metalcore at all.

“Feel Like Fame” is more Fall Out Boy than Underoath, right down to vocalist Brian Nagan sounding scarily similar to Patrick Stump, right down to his intonation during the higher notes of the song. What would be a solid pop-rock track is thrown into gimmick territory when the heavy guitars and screamed vocals enter the fray for about four seconds. It happens on three separate occasions, each of those occasions killing any momentum the melody had set.

With song titles like “Baby, You’re My Bad Habit,” you essentially know what’s coming down the pike, and this is no exception. The dichotomy between the completely average sounding screamed vocals and the melodic singing leans towards the former, and it’s unfortunate. The sung vocals are pristine and tactful, and are the only aspect of the music that keeps the record from being completely forgettable. When Nagan is singing, the tone of the guitars perfectly suits him and so does the pace of his bandmates -- too bad that it’s all for nothing as soon as the badly-timed screaming ruins another of what could have been a solid track.

Just listen to Underoath.

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Posted by tp2 on 2008-04-24 23:59:43
My Score:

dude this record and this band is kick ass i seen them live and it was rad

Posted by xartaficial_romance on 2007-11-20 14:22:06

I actually enjoyed this album. Very true they need more work on somethings. But some catchy songs are on this album and others horrible. A little more work and i could see this band MAYBE getting alot more popular.

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 20, 2007 at 5:29 AM (EDT)

Brian doesn't sing he only screams. Fatty kevin sings

And their album art I wanna say josh clancy designed it

Myspace.com/toothjuice

They're all friends of mine.. But you're right. This cd is horrible

Posted by icapped2pac on 2007-08-18 11:04:44

"an album so chock full of five-year-old clichés and tired themes that I’m surprised Jay Leno hasn’t integrated it to his late night stand-up. "

Well put, dude.

Posted by GlassPipeMurder on 2007-08-17 16:42:12

I dig ya Anchors. i personally am not a fan of under0ath, so that's probably why I couldn't get into it at all.

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 17, 2007 at 12:50 PM (EDT)
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shitty underoath rip off trendhoppiing sorry excuse for music. you should see these guys live, its hilarious. DIE four letter lie.

Posted by Anchors on 2007-08-17 12:09:51

Glasspipe - I mean, it's bad, but it's not awful or unlistenable, you know? It's derivative, but not to the level where somebody who digs this kind of music couldn't enjoy it.

They just sound like a b-level Underoath, and I like Underoath, so that's why it didn't get a 1 or a 2.

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 17, 2007 at 12:07 PM (EDT)

Easily one of the wost bands I've ever heard. They deserve negative stars for this album.

Posted by Dante3000 on 2007-08-17 12:01:18

There's a lot of "Right down" in that third full paragraph.
I got a four letter lie for ya "Penis".
-Dante
Get it? It's a lie because it's five letters.

Posted by coldwaffles on 2007-08-17 11:47:12

this review sounds like you should have given it a 1 not a 2.

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 17, 2007 at 11:42 AM (EDT)

please dont ever tell people to listen to underoath ever again. the last thing we need is another crowd of god fearing boys in their sisters pants and black hair.

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 17, 2007 at 10:59 AM (EDT)
My Score:

The cover and title makes this look like it should be some shitty killers rip-off. Instead they're a shitty metalcore rip-off.

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 17, 2007 at 10:23 AM (EDT)

this band makes me ashamed to say i'm from minneapolis.

"I've got a four letter life for you.... GOOD"

this joke has been said over and over again for the last 3 years.

sighs.... bastards.

little kids love-em though

Posted by GlassPipeMurder on 2007-08-17 03:51:42
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whoa! surprised you liked this enough for a 4...personally i thought it was one of the worst albums i'd heard in years, but i only gave it one listen. maybe i'll check it out again.

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 17, 2007 at 3:38 AM (EDT)
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i saw these jerk offs in milwaukee at summerfest. talk about a trend hopping band. i wanted to punch their "screamer" in the face he was such an idiot up there. they were all 10 years old. fuck this band!

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 17, 2007 at 2:43 AM (EDT)

as a digital artist i am appalled by their cover art

Posted by crazytoledo on 2007-08-17 02:22:51

I still think these guys are one of their funner bands to see live. Well, at least out of this genre.

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