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Cattivi e veramente bravi, i From First To Last escono con il loro secondo disco, "Heroine" e riescono ancora a cambiare i canoni del loro sound.
Infatti, a differenza di altre band, con questo album i From First To Last si allontanano e abbandonano melodie troppo orecchiabili e commerciali e quindi, si allontanano da quel pubblico di ragazzini adolescenti che stanno rendendo l'emo una moda (scusate ma questo dovevo proprio dirlo).
Il suono risulta piu' ragionato quasi sacrificando un pò della loro rabbia forse per colpire meglio, con più precisione e potenza. Ora passiamo alla tracklist dell'album: si parte con "Mothersound", un pezzo che non ha niente a che vedere con il loro primo album, "Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has a Body Count" se non nel testo, in cui il cantante Sonny Moore, con la sua voce frustrata e quasi unica riesce a esprimere al meglio. La canzone si conclude con varie scariche di chitarra elettrica quasi impazzita; Parte poi "The Latest Plague" a mio avviso uno dei pezzi piu' riusciti dell'album, che con il suo inizio elettronico molto raffinato presenta quello che sarà il primo singolo dell'album. Uno dei pezzi migliori è sicuramente poi "World War Me": traccia di circa 3 minuti piena di melodie struggenti e cambi di ritmo che introducono ad un ritornello davvero stupefacente. L'ottava traccia, "The Leavy" è la canzone piu' orecchiabile del disco grazie ai suoi continui ritornelli. Mentre invece, "Goodbye Wawes" verrà molto apprezzata anche da ascoltatori piu' tranquilli con il suo arpeggio ininterroto cantato continuamente a due voci tranquillizzano l'ascoltatore almeno fino a quando non irrompe un'ondata di effetti elettronici.
Molto bella anche la decima e penultima traccia, "Waltz Moore", una canzone che racconta in un certo senso la biografia del cantante Sonny Moore e di quando è stato operato alle corde vocali. L'album si chiude poi con "Heroine", pezzo di spessore elevato, intriso di parole sofferte ed esasperate accompagnate da un ritmo ossessivo e pesante.
In conclusione, l'album rappresenta un valido esempio di un gruppo che possiede bravura, tecnica ed originalità e che sicuramente sa il fatto suo. Il lavoro infatti non è esattamente di facile ascolto, soprattutto per chi è abituato al vecchio sound del gruppo, ma è sicuramente uno dei migliori album hardcore-emo che abbia mai ascoltato.
p.s: scusate se ho fatto la rece un pò lunghetta, ma viste le critiche che mi hanno fatto per via della poca lunghezza delle altre recensioni, ho deciso di compensare con questo meraviglioso album, ascoltatelo! ;)
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01 Mothersound (04:02)
Mothersound,
What have they done to you?
You're withering away in the cold
Mothersound,
Once again the world's molested you
And took your soul
I have done this for the sound,
Have done this for the sake of you,
The sake of me;
And you can mark my fucking words:
"We aren't a mock-supposed to be"
We're here to rouse the rabble
Thanks to you,
We get our ace fix
From exposing what you are
And what you've done
You've poisoned the litter
No better time, than now
To change what has been written;
And what has been taught
To those who would not have known
Better
I have done this for the sound,
Have done this for the sake of you,
The sake of me;
And you can mark my fucking words:
"We aren't a mock-supposed to be"
We're here to rouse the rabble
I have done this for the sound,
Have done this for the sake of you,
The sake of me;
And you can mark my fucking words:
"We aren't a mock-supposed to be"
And we're here to rouse the rabble
[x2]
02 The Latest Plague (03:19)
What would you say?
This blood is thick
This blemished face
With a crooked nose
Had a chance to say
Whatever it wanted
Through his brother's throat
Open your note
Would you give a fuck
If all that you heard
Will now devote
Black shadow water
The sound of victory
Blowing up your walls, walls
Fake faces everywhere I see
Fake people looking back at me
Sit down, don't tell me
Don't tell me where I don't belong
Fake faces everywhere I see
Fake people looking back at me
Sit down, don't tell me
Don't tell me where I don't belong
Oh, I heard a sick, sad voice
Oh It was honesty, I turned to her and said
We need to be medicated
I need the prescription
For full sight vision
If you're with me
We'll send the greetings to hell
With the sounds of our voices
Fake faces everywhere I see
Fake people looking back at me
Sit down, don't tell me
Don't tell me where I don't belong
Fake faces everywhere I see
Fake people looking back at me
Sit down,
Don't tell me where I don't belong
I wonder why you're oh so full of shit
You'll be knocked on the floor
So don't you push that precious sweat
Oh you judge his secrecy on shit
You'll be knocked on the floor
SO DON'T YOU PLAY!
Fake faces everywhere I see
Fake people looking back at me
Sit down, don't tell me
Don't tell me where I don't belong
Fake faces everywhere I see
Fake people looking back at me
Sit down, don't tell me
where I don't belong.
04 Afterbirth (03:16)
i was born in a house of glass and silver floors
there were so many people wearing masks
one question and the answers i asks
i was born in a house of glass and silver floors
there were so many people wearing masks
one question and the answers i asks
any where is better than here away from you
make me break me give me away
lie to me you lied so bad give me away
what do you say
just you and i
south on the five
for a couple of days
you take your car
ill take my bag
you take the wheel
i'll gather money for gas
any where is better than here away from you
make me break me give me away
lie to me you lied so bad give me away
woah......
i was born to be given away
make me break me give me away
lie to me you lied so bad give me away
They told me...
A little boy who had been wearing my face
Had told me I was born to be given away
06 Shame Shame (03:36)
If ignorance is bliss
Eradicate my knowledge of my history
Now meaning is left on my own
I look for a long time
Cross back with your kind
But some things are better left alone
Wake up, lonely, hating my life, alone...
Wake up, lonely, hating my life
Shame, shame on me
Come again
Shame, shame on me
Come again
Just bodies, they brightly scratch
They claw like golden souls
Show pictures you wont see, you'll never know
Just bodies, these golden souls
With pictures, wont delete it
Heaved into the ocean to drown with your brothers, your brothers...
Wake up, lonely, hating my life
Their brothers, brothers...
Wake up, lonely, hating my life
Shame, shame on me
Come again
Shame, shame on me
Come again
Come again
Come again
Oh shame, shame on me
Come again
Shame, shame on me
Come again
Shame, shame on me
Come again
Oh shame on me
Come again
08 The Levy (03:49)
No...
Rise, Rise, Rise to fall.
I never care, never care to try until now
To fly home
The distance grows
As the land approaches
Faith at least in the form of gravity
Keeps me low at the ladder
Time to crawl to the salty hill that fills my life
Rise, Rise, Rise to fall.
I never care, never care to try until now
To fly home
The distance grows
As the ground approaches
No...
I lost my chance to fold
I never care, never care to try until now
To fly home
The distance grows
As the ground approaches
Nathan death.to.disco fixed this!
11 Heroine (05:42)
Oh mother is it hard to recognize me now
Oh mother why can't you recognize me now
I said my life time every things fine but i lied
Little boy
Little man
I've lost my name
Heroine, oh Heroine
Where have you been when i needed you?
Lie to me
I lied to you...
I lied, I did
Heroine, oh Heroine
Where have you been when i needed you?
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