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I first came across My Awesome Compilation when
they supported Alkaline Trio in August 2005 at the
Astoria in London and at the same time there was
a lot of hype surrounding the band, they had an
average following that was forever growing, they
landed support slots on some big tours and had just
released their debut full length album 'Actions'
which then lead to some major record labels sniffing
around them, things were all good and then suddenly
it seemed like My Awesome Compilation fell off the
side of the earth, the band that was once so hyped
up seemed to never be around much with only the
odd tour cropping up every now and again in the
toilet sized venues of the UK and to be honest I
forgot all about the band until now.
The band are now back with their second full
length studio album 'Frontiers', the album has
been produced by Hundred Reasons guitarist Larry
Hibitt who seems to be producing some stunning
records these days, but has he done the right
job with 'Frontiers'? Well if the debut single
'Ghosts Of The Underground' is anything to go
by then the answer is yes, the single is a great
come back single for My Awesome Compilation, it’s
extremely catchy yet quite rocky at the same time
and will hopefully remind people who My Awesome
Compilation are.
As for the rest of the album, it’s not
bad, musically My Awesome Compilation have improved,
they have gone for a much darker direction, but
have still kept the groove and catchiness of their
earlier material, the guitars have been turned
up a notch with big guitar riffs all over the
place and some of the drumming is really hard
hitting especially on the last few moments of
'Deal Me In' and also during the intro of 'The
Theatre Room'.
The opening track of the album 'Ref Is For Danger'
is a stomping track, it’s extremely catchy,
the vocals have a proper in your face sing a long
assault about them and the instrumental work is
quite loud and rocking with guitar riffs popping
up all over the place.
If you only have time to check out one song by
My Awesome Compilation, make sure it’s 'Accelerate',
the song is about a car chase and is such a hard
hitting song that will leave you with neck pains
from near 3 minutes of head banging you are bound
to do during this song, it’s certainly the
heaviest and loudest song My Awesome Compilation
have created and is a direction I am liking the
band taking. The album finishes with 'Save Yourself',
the song is the closest thing you are going to
get to classic My awesome Compilation material
on this album.
My Awesome Compilation have taken a totally different
approach with 'Frontiers' and have created a much
more darker, rockier album, there are some really
cracking songs on offer and in my opinion the
album is better than their previous album 'Actions'
but that’s just a matter of opinion. Fans
who have been with My Awesome Compilation from
the start should appreciate the change in music,
but only time will tell if the release of 'Frontiers'
will bring them the success that 'Actions' didn’t
quite manage.
3/5
Review by Trigger
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Chris Driver (Vocals, Guitar)
Darius Cobb (Bass, Vocals)
Woody Cobb (Keys, Vocals)
Andy Driver (Drums) |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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