REVIEW: Underoath “Define The Great Line” (CW)
September 1st, 2006 |
Reviews | Source: Crosswalk (19)
It’s trendy and cool to like Underoath these days, but the band seems willing to test that “easy” devotion with a decidedly heavy album. Yes, there are bright and catchy guitars, big sing-along choruses and ear-pleasing keyboard sounds aplenty; but the rough and rowdy screaming vocals tend to dominate the emotive ones. No, Underoath has not really changed its sound; it’s just that the band hasn’t bent its ear towards the successful Matchbook Romances and Taking Back Sundays of the world and followed suit with a sonic mix that weighs in more with melody than distortion and riffage. [ …read more]



