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The last album that Far released was ‘Water
And Solution’ back in 1998 and a year after
the release of the album the band split up for a
good 9 years before reforming back in 2008 and since
they have reformed they have released a low key
limited edition 7” of Ginuwine’s classic
hip-hop song Pony, but during the release of the
song Far also announced that they were busy working
on their fifth studio album ‘At Night We Live’
and it is now complete.
‘At Night We Live’ is a lot heavier
than previous Far material, it is also more mature
and technical sounding which shows that the lengthy
9 years break has only made the band bigger, better
and stronger. The album opens with ‘Deafening’
at the song opens with the heaviest riffs that
Far have ever produced and as the song progresses
it becomes apparent that Far have turned the sound
up a notch or two for the opening of the album
as the riffs cause a stir throughout the whole
song and Jonah Matranga’s vocals are loud
clear and heavy working well alongside the beefy
riffs.
‘If You Cared Enough’ takes a totally
different approach from the opening track and
is a lot slower and has a real beautiful sounding
melodic chorus which really helps the song stand
out. ‘When I Could See’ opens up in
a similar aspect to the previous song in the way
that everything starts off quite mellow and ends
up reminding me very much of the Deftones with
the weepy vocals and technical instrumental work.
‘Give Me A Reason’ heads straight
out into the poppy rock territory proving to be
a beautiful radio friendly song. ‘Dear Enemy’
opens with an angry Korn style bouncy set of guitar
riffs which run throughout the majority of the
song, the vocals flow well over the top of the
riffs and as the song progresses the riffs remain
the same yet the vocals get angrier. ‘Fight
Song #16.233.241’ is heavy yet catchy at
the same time, the riffs are really fast paced
in a punk rock style way and Jonah Matranga’s
vocals swagger throughout in a punk rock way apart
from during the chorus where they become more
sing-a-long and catchy.
The title track ‘At Night We Live’
is a dreamy sounding track and is in a way connect
to Chi Cheng from the Deftones who was left incapacitated
after a car crash back in 2008, the song came
about after Jonah visited Chi in hospital and
is such a beautiful track written in respect of
a great musician.
The album closes with ‘The Ghost That Kept
On Hunting’ and the song is yet another
dreamy sounding style track and opens with lyrics
of “I had a fight with a ghost, the ghost
of one I loved most”, the song is quite
emotional sounding but as it progresses something
big happens as the guitars get turned up a notch
or two with massive distorted riffs coming out
my speakers and various other loud soundscapes
making for the perfect finish, well apart from
the bonus track which comes on seconds later which
happens to be the fantastic Far cover of Ginuwine’s
‘Pony’.
‘At night We Live’ is an really accessible
album and it has been made accessible in the way
that Far have created an album that featured many
different styles of rock music, it opens up in
a heavy way but then the rest of the album is
quite slow paced or experimental which really
gives the best of both worlds, Far fans are going
to love the album and others should find pleasure
within it.
4/5
Review by Trigger |
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Shaun Lopez (Guitar)
Jonah Matranga (Vocals, Guitar)
Chris Robyn (Drums)
John Gutenberger (Bass) |
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1. Deafening
2. If You Cared Enough
3. When I Could See
4. Give Me A Reason
5. Dear Enemy
6. Fight Song #16,233,241
7. At Night We Live
8. Burns
9. Better Surrender
10. Are You Sure?
11. The Ghost That Kept on Haunting
12. Pony (Unlisted hidden track) |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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What Was That? |
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