If there is a split I didn't see coming this year, it has to be this one. The Saddest Landscape, recently reunited underground emo/screamo band from Boston, New York, have collaborated with Morristown, New Jersey post-hardcore six-piece Trophy Scars to release one song each on a split 7''. Sure, they shared the stage earlier this year for the former band's reunion shows, but they're not really playing in the same league.
The Saddest Landscape's song, named 'So lightly thrown', is what we could expect from them. Pretty harmonies, rhythm changes and singer Andy Maddox's heartfelt lyrics and vocals, somewhere between the scream, the singing and the spoken. Always very emotional. There's no doubt they're one of the best screamo bands in the US landscape today and this beautiful track only makes us wish for more. Hopefully the full-length announced for the end of 2009 will come soon. Unsurprisingly, the contrast is sharp when comes Trophy Scars' song. 'August, 1980' is in the vein of the band's last effort 'Bad luck', more instrumental (there even are horns), while keeping some post-hardcore elements. They're moving away from their Thursday-ish sound to embrace a much more mellow one. It's slow. Very slow. I've never been a fan of Jerry Jones's vocals, but he is well helped by his bandmates. The song ends on a big sing-along. Overall, it falls short in my opinion.
A dispensable split in the end but a good sign for The Saddest Landscape's upcoming material.
3.5/5
Recommanded if you like:
Hot Cross, Saetia, La Dispute
Check also:
Her Breath On Glass, Touché Amoré, Toru Okada
www.myspace.com/thesaddestlandscape
www.myspace.com/trophyscars
(Bear Records, 2009)
Recommanded if you like:
Hot Cross, Saetia, La Dispute
Check also:
Her Breath On Glass, Touché Amoré, Toru Okada
www.myspace.com/thesaddestlandscape
www.myspace.com/trophyscars
(Bear Records, 2009)
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