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- Artist: Saves The Day
- Album: Sound The Alarm
- Label: Vagrant
- Year of Release: 2006
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- Reviewed by: dscanland on 2006-06-05
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RecommendI guess DreamWorks got a raw deal signing Saves The Day, no day saved for them. It's really too bad that In Reverie didn't do a little better because I thought it was a nice change for this band. But when the album didn't do quite as well as expected (Jimmy Eat World sort of thing) Dreamworks decided to pull the plug. Good thing that the guys in Saves The Day kept their relationship with Vagrant. That's what label Sound The Alarm was released on. Now for the music. Saves The Day has always been a tight band. Their first few albums were spent on perfecting their pop/punk sound and then the started experimented a little on In Reverie. Sound The Alarm is a weak attempt at trying to merge the two. The problem is that the hooks are very few and far between. I am on my third listen right now and there is not a chorus that I can remember. The music is tight but transparent. Now, I don't think this was rushed out by any means but it feels like they didn't really work on the songs quite as much as they should have. I do believe that longtime fans will be disappointed at this album. "Hell Is Here" indeed.
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on 2007-01-26 joechuck_norris Said:
Sound the Alarm is Saves the Day's finest work to date. New band format leads to new band sound. The evolutionary process that occured is evident from album to album. The most outstanding aspect of Sound the Alarm is the thorough-minded attitude within the songs. Hardcore bass from Manny Carrera (Glassjaw), fluid drums from Pete Parada (Face to Face), and aggressive guitars from Saves the Day's landmark players. This latest album is an ascension into a tighter sound that I think the band was shooting for. New listeners will be turned out, and old fans will not be dissappointed.
Rating: 8/10
