专辑简介

Listening to Novice is like stepping taking a breath of the same air you breathe everyday. But this time, the air tastes different. When you inhale, it feels new, crisp, and clean. Your previous conceptions of the air you breathe are thrown away. Novice brings something refreshing to an overpopulated genre – what the scenesters call “screamo”. Novice has advanced melodies, squealing guitar riffs, and aggressive drumming – all things that sound like any other band out there. Thing is…it’s not. One thing that immediately stood out to me was the vocals. Mike has a strong voice that has depth to it. He sounds confident when he sings, and the words he sings are really awesome. Novice displays incredible lyrical ability, with lyrics that will soon be seen in profiles everywhere. Hell, the name of my personal blog is a line from the first track, “My Last Breath”. The entire album is solid, but my personal favorite is “The Last Time”. The tracks have a punching, hard texture to them backed by quick and tight creative drumming. The drumming is my favorite part of this album – it just dictates the direction of every song. The songs are also enhanced by some pretty sick guitar riffs. The production is incredible – this album really sounds like a major label release. The guys at Rigged Records really put some time into this one – the snare drum is at the perfect level, vocals are smooth and in balance, and both guitars have excellent balance. Despite all these positive factors to the album – it is still melodic rock with screaming. We’ve all heard it a lot, and even though Novice does it well – that’s still what it is.