At the occasion of their American tour together in November and December, New Found Glory and Dashboard Confessional decided to release a tour split 7'' only available at the dates. The tour got cancelled because of Dashboard's familial reasons, but the split is still coming out.
Each band chose two songs from the other and covered them. On side A, New Found Glory start with 'Saints and sailors' and 'The swiss army romance'. We know the band's ability to make others' songs theirs and it's proved once more with those two. If you had never heard the originals, you would think they're 'Not without a fight' b-sides. Power chords, energetic drums, gang vocals, Chad Gilbert's screams, New Found Glory's touch is here and it works pretty well. Unfortunately, we can not say the same about the side B. Dashboard certainly did a good job in choosing two non-singles of New Found Glory, but the execution is quite mediocre. Both are very mellow and slow; whilst 'All about her' may be a sweet cover thanks to its upbeat chorus and the female guest vocals, 'Better off dead' is nothing more than boring. The beat provided by the drum machine is a major turn-off and Chris Carrabba's vocals don't get off the whispering level.
Both bands really appropriated the songs but the split is clearly serving New Found Glory. Not only they made two more good covers, but Dashboard Confessional's covers actually give credit to their friends' sense of melody more than anything else. Even at slow pace, New Found Glory's catchiness is undeniable.
3/5
Recommanded if you like:
The Starting Line, Four Year Strong, All Time Low
Check also:
Save Your Breath, All Or Nothing, Living With Lions
www.myspace.com/newfoundglory
www.myspace.com/dashboardconfessional
(Self-released, 2010)
Recommanded if you like:
The Starting Line, Four Year Strong, All Time Low
Check also:
Save Your Breath, All Or Nothing, Living With Lions
www.myspace.com/newfoundglory
www.myspace.com/dashboardconfessional
(Self-released, 2010)
Moi je préfère les reprises de NFG que de Dashboard. Les chansons de DC reprises par NFG auraient pu être celles de NFG! Tandis que les chansons reprises par DC ne sont pas térrible certes ils l'ont mis à leurs sauce certes et peut être les fans de DC aime bien mais moi je trouve qu'ils n'ont pas fait le bon choix des chansons. Ils auraient dû reprendre des chansons de coming home plus dans leurs style! Enfin voilà j'aime bien les reprises de NFG surtout quand Chad il "gueule" ^^
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