Reviewed! The Relapse Symphony - Time's Running Out
The Relapse Symphony
Time's Running Out
EP
Standby Records
Talented upstarts the Relapse Symphony are a lot of
things. They’re a little bit My Chemical Romance, a little bit Escape the Fate
and a little bit the Blackout, but they’re perhaps no better described than as
guitarist JC Charles puts it, “what a good rock band should be.” After
listening to their debut EP Time's
Running Out, that statement isn’t all that far off. Frontman Bret Von Dehl
sounds like a snarling Alex Gaskarth as he time and time again leads the
Relapse Symphony’s dizzying array of swirling guitars and bombastic percussion into
battle on Time's Running Out,
churning out concussive powerhouses rife with striking refrains (“Forgotten”)
and infectious, angular melodies (“The Other Side of Town”), but there’s some
bite to be found alongside all this bark. At times, Time's Running Out can act as a therapeutic mechanism, one with
the ability to lift you up whenever you get down, as Von Dehl robustly emotes
during “Make Your Move,” ‘if only I knew then/all the things I know now/you can
get through anything/and everything works out somehow/I fight to win/no giving
in’ and on the afore mentioned “Forgotten,” ‘we’ll take away the pain from
these dark days/and you’ll never be alone.’ If you fancy yourself a scene kid
that’s ‘in the know,’ then you need to get on this release immediately.
Grade: B+
Go Download: “Make Your Move”
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