Written by Scott Girouard
Friday, October 16th, 2009
Album: Relativity
Artist: Emarosa
Release: July 8th/2008
Label: Rise Records
Producer: Kris Crummet
Tracks:
- “The Past Should Stay Dead” – 4:33
- “Just Another Marionette” – 4:04
- “What’s a Clock Without the Batteries?” – 3:56
- “Heads or Tails? Real or Not” – 5:01
- “Even Bad Men Love Their Mothers” [Interlude] – 2:00
- “Her Advice Cost Us a Life” – 4:36
- “Set It Off Like Napalm” – 3:06
- “Sailing in the Dark Isn’t Smart Kid” – 3:16
- “Pretend. Release. The Close” – 3:01
- “It’s Cold in the Shade. Let’s Move to the Sun…” [Interlude] – 1:00
- “I Still Feel Her – Part I” – 4:32
- “A City Called Coma – Part II” – 4:22
I saw this band live having only heard one or two songs briefly online, so I decided to buy the album off the keyboardist at the the show. Best descision I probably could have made.
This album not only impressed me, but it suprised me in so many ways. I didn’t have high expectations for it, but the first song caught my attention in the first 30 seconds; and made me want to listen to it all the way through. The fact that this album was released in a time that music had become so unoriginal, especially in the “hardcore/metal etc..” genre, nothing stood out or was worth listening to, to me at least. This album grabbed me immediately.
Within a few listens I knew this was already one of my favorite albums. It has everything a fan of similar bands would want. Creative melodic guitars, faster paced/more complex drums, thoughtful basslines, atmospheric keyboard parts, and to top it all off, a singer who has a talented range, and comes up with some really great melodies.
This album has such a cool vibe and a great flow of songs. They change scales from song to song many times throught the album and do it tastefully, and intelligently. This band brought the creativity back to post hardcore, and I hope a lot of other bands follow suit.
This album influenced me as a guitarist and changed the way i thought about playing guitar. Emarosa is the first band in at least 3 years who I’ve listened to their album constantly for more than 3 months, and thats the kind of bands i really want to listen to. I recommend this album to anyone who wants to hear something different and interesting, but still in a well known genre. This is the kind of “original” music that I like to hear.
