The Saddest Landscape – After The Lights
Released through Topshelf Records
€10,00 – €16,00
A lot of bands try this punk/screamo outlet a lot but don’t refine it to what it should be. There’s the raw unpolished sound that works for bands such as Pianos Become the Teeth and Troubled Coast, and a fierce grit that stands out for La Dispute, Defeater and Touché Amoré. The Saddest Landscape uses the proper mix of that gruff sound of screamo with a lot of fast punk/heavy riffs that are evident on songs like “Desperate Vespas” and “Days of Punched In.” Both open the record nicely with Vespers giving that militant drum roll that dominates a lot of the album. The focus of the heavy bassline works a lot on this record that gives the right blend of screamo punk into the range of that heavy post-hardcore sound. The latter song is built with faster riffs and their sharpness adds to keeping an impressive punk feel to the record. It’s frenetic and dissonant. – PunkNews.org
Tracklist
01. In Love With The Sound
02. This Heals Nothing
03. The Urge For Permanence
04. When Everything Seemed To Matter
05. The Comfort of Small Defeats
06. Days of Punched In
07. Desperate Vespers
Pressing Info
108 / Half Clear/Half Black vinyl
412 / Gray marbled vinyl
