Album Reviews

Senses Fail — Still Searching

Let It Enfold You was a huge suc­cess among young men with black hair and tight jeans, but not an earth-shattering album among other demo­graph­ics. This album looks set to fol­low its pre­de­cessor. Admit­tedly, their sound has changed, but instead of becom­ing an innov­at­ive, ima­gin­at­ive tal­ent, they have merely become one of a legion of emo bands mas­quer­ad­ing behind their ‘we’re so unique’ fronts. The album doesn’t begin all that badly, but James Nielsen’s vocal defi­cien­cies are shown up in tracks such as ‘Sick or Sane (Fifty for a Twenty)’. No track on this album has the beauty and poetry of ‘Rum Is For Drink­ing Not Burn­ing’ from the pre­vi­ous album. Not the worst album in the world, but gen­eric and formulaic.

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