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Suspicious Icons
After giving it some thought, Im still not sure how to classify the music on Sicbays third album, Suspicious Icons. It is some form of rock, but both the music and the vocals are mostly inconsistent and seem to enjoy genre-hopping. In some places the vocals are a screaming rage, and in others they mellow out and take a backseat to the guitars. However, even with the music not all walking the same line, it remains fairly repetitive within each song. Instead of being pleased with the lack of track repetition, I find myself getting bored with the attempts at all the genre line-crossing. Vocally, I prefer the steadier feel of The Rise of Phantom White, in which the lyrics are sung with more flavor and tune than the songs with screaming vocals. The voice heard throughout the song may not be the most stand-out, but it fits with the music; whereas most of the other tracks have lines being yelled with little regard for tune. I thought maybe it would grow on me, but it hasnt yet. Opening track Suspicious Icons is catchy and probably the best track for the lyrical yelling. It almost sounds like a song that might play for an iPod Shuffle commercial with someones shadow dancing around spastically to the driving guitar and hopping beat. Instead of feeling like a completely different track, the following song Lackluster Blooms begins in a similar manner and with little between it and the first track but a pause to take a quick breath. Overall, the album feels a bit disconnected as if its trying too hard to cross genres without taking a moment to really focus. The music has some shining instrumental moments, and during those times when the vocals and instrumentation are right on the same page, the band can really shine. But aside from those moments, the band puts out as much glow as a half-dead flashlight.
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