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...In every band stickered corner in every smoke filled club
from New York to California, Armor For Sleep has been
showcasing their unique sound to thousands of kids who
show up religiously and repeatedly to sing every word almost
to the point of absurdity. In the past two years they have
supported Fall Out Boy, Taking Back Sunday, Midtown, From
Autumn To Ashes, Further Seems Forever, Bane and
countless others. They have also done their own full U.S.
headlining tours. If the last two years have been only a
prelude to what the band is ultimately capable of, and if the
succes ...read more
...In every band stickered corner in every smoke filled club
from New York to California, Armor For Sleep has been
showcasing their unique sound to thousands of kids who
show up religiously and repeatedly to sing every word almost
to the point of absurdity. In the past two years they have
supported Fall Out Boy, Taking Back Sunday, Midtown, From
Autumn To Ashes, Further Seems Forever, Bane and
countless others. They have also done their own full U.S.
headlining tours. If the last two years have been only a
prelude to what the band is ultimately capable of, and if the
success of their debut album "Dream To Make Believe" is any
indication, Armor For Sleep is destined for canonization in
the fluctuating music genre they have helped to create from
the ground up. ?We have seen our friends bands blow up
overnight,? says singer/songwriter/guitar player Ben
Jorgensen, ?and we?re always happy for them. We have just
been working hard focusing on our sound and touring
nonstop until we are so close to the brink of insanity that it
hurts.? Bands grow. Whether it?s constant touring, self-
reflection, or just being jaded from the crap bombarding
modern rock radio, bands mature.
?We?re not afraid to write the songs we want to write,?
Jorgensen said, admitting that the band was a little timid
with their debut album. After working with producer Machine
(Clutch, Lamb of God, White Zombie, King Crimson, Vision of
Disorder) in an assortment of studios in Hoboken, New
Jersey for two months, Armor For Sleep emerged with the
11-song album equipped with their signature evocative
vocals, and hauntingly catchy melodies. Noted for his work
with progressive metal bands, it was Machine?s first time
producing a band with a sound like Armor For Sleep, and
what came out of it is sure to bring a new kind of reverence
to the rock and roll community.
With the first lines ?Believe the news / I?m gone for good,? of
the opening track, "Car Underwater," listening to the album is
like taking the hand of a ghost as he guides you around to
the different people and places he likes to check up on, and
in doing so, tells you the story of his life. Digging deeper into
the musical styles of their genre, what comes out of What To
Do When You Are Dead seems less like an experiment and
more like what happens when everything just clicks and
gears start turning by themselves, creating an album that
promises to shine like fresh flowers on the gravesite of an
industry of regenerated soulless music to fall asleep to.
What To Do When You Are Dead offers the perfect balance
between a self-contained concept album and a powerful
collection of songs, completely unaware of each other?s
existence. ?We wanted this record to be a record where each
song could be listened to individually,? Jorgensen says ?But
still have a story flickering through every song, pointing the
listener down the path we?ve paved for them.? Where Dream
To Make Believe dealt very much with time and space, What
To Do When You Are Dead moves in cinematic scenes
through the passage of life and death. The lyrics have the
band?s original literary presence that makes this album feel
like every line was specifically written to fit with every guitar
note, bass line and drum beat in perfect cadence.
As the album moves from an actual death, to being in heaven
and alone, to floating above the trees of a hometown and
walking as a ghost through a graveyard, Armor For Sleep
encompasses the feelings so inherent with youth. The
feelings of loneliness, of social suicide, and of being an
outsider conveyed in their songs put them in time with the
music, and in the category of bands that connect with an
entire generation, something the bigger bands of today seem
to fall short of. But don?t expect them to realize the power
they have over the people listening to their records. ?We are
just doing what we love,? Jorgensen says, ?what never
crosses our minds is what other people will like... we just
write music and I just write words that make me feel
something in my gut. That is our only platform and always
will be.? The sound is delicate and combustible, using both
clean and distorted guitar tones with a lot of slide power
chords and punctuating notes that appear like gunfire across
the appropriate tracks. The lyrics are meticulously crafted,
smart and well placed and Jorgensen?s voice is soaked with
reverberation and infectious melody that can be both calm at
times or impetuously turbulent.
The ancient Greeks never wrote obituaries. Instead they
asked only one question: Did they have passion? After their
major success in such a short time, it is obvious that Armor
For Sleep has a positive answer for that question. What To
Do When You Are Dead is that answer. « hide |
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