Track Listing:

1. Leaving Song
2. Lay Your Money Down
3. A Fear Of Being Alone
4. Different Than You
5. This Is The Sound
6. Stray
7. Dose
8. Better Now
9. My Ordinary World
10. These Are The Days
11. A Modern Way...
12. Once In A Lifetime
13. Spectator At The Revolution

Album Review:

 
On the brink of nearly calling it quits after leaving their previous label, The Exies have returned with their fourth studio album.

It opens with the sublime acoustic number Leaving Song. It is one of my favorite songs on the album. The next ten tracks proceed to kick you in the ass. Skillful songwriting has infused every track on this album with its own unique personality.

Coming full-circle, the album closes with two slower tracks, one being a tremendous cover of the Talking Heads classic Once In A Lifetime. I find it more enjoyable it when bands create a unique interpretation of a song instead of trying to reproduce the original.

We actually picked up this album at one of The Exies' shows in Colorado, and thankfully so. Sometimes you actually have to go out to find the good music, and not rely on the Internet, or TV.

Type 3 Rating:

 
| 08.16.2007 | Review by J. Pierson |