REVIEW: nevertheless “Live Like We’re Alive” (CR)
September 30th, 2006 |
Reviews | Source: ChristRock.com (23)
Nevertheless is an anti-emo band that has all the trappings of the genre without any of the annoyances. Good emo is like finding that one ripe peach at the grocery store. You muscle the other shoppers out of the way, dive over other carts, circle around and drop the grocer to his knees with one quick maneuver, and land your sweaty palms on the choice, delicious fruit. Ah, yes: exaggerated allegories, I love them. But there is a sense of excitement when you finally discover an emo band that doesn’t waste time getting to the chorus, could play regular alt-rock if they choose to, and doesn’t really mince meat when it comes to sing-able lyrics and a non-whiny style. Somehow, Nevertheless manages to focus on everything good about the genre and catapult all the bad stuff out to space. Thwack. [ …read more]



