| The Fall of Troy In the Unlikely Event |
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 | Tracklist:
1. Panic Attack!
2. Straight-Jacket Keelhauled
3. Battleship Graveyard
4. A Classic Case of Transference
5. Single
6. Empty The Clip, The King Has Been Slain,
Long Live The Queen!
7. People and Their Lives
8. Dirty Pillow Talk
9. Nobody's Perfect
10. Webs
11. Walk of Fame
12. Nature Vs. Nurture
Release Date: 10/06/2009 | |
| | other reviews | Matthew Dippel (3.5)
Not as bad as people make it out to be, the genre is called progressive for a reason, people.... | Ryan Flatley STAFF (2)
In The Unlikely Event proves to be an underwhelming, grave disappointment.... | David Driver (2)
An awkward mix of pop and post-hardcore that boasts plenty of style but carries no substance.... | Joel Barish (1.5)
I ASKED FOR A MASTERPIECE AND THIS IS WHAT YOU GAVE ME??... |
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| Summary: where the fuck is Vomiting Winter? |
1 of 1 thought this review was well written
Oh look at the disappointment coming from people who have seemed to pretend that Manipulator doesn’t exist! In the Unlikely Event, unlike what most may think, is a slightly more consistent Manipulator, that instead of starting out with mediocrity, almost randomly and disorderly digs into filler. The simple point is that the filler of In The Unlikely Event isn’t nearly as bad as the most boring points of Manipulator, but instead, In The Unlikely Event unfortunately proves that The Fall Of Troy is almost incapable of writing a great song anymore.
No doubt, though, In The Unlikely Event is packed with an unwieldy amount of enjoyable albeit a bit nostalgic riffs for fans. “Panic Attack”, “Straight-Jacket Keelhauled”, and “Battleship Graveyard” prove to be a potent trio, with the former-est of the trio proving to be Fall Of Troy at their poppy and hooky best, the mid showing off an unheard of, grind-like vocal delivery from Thomas Erak, and the latest showing Thom’s nack for combining annoying vocals with massive riffs and twiddles to form a somewhat enjoyable melting pot. Most of the other highlights come in the form of ideas and riffs, not entire songs, like Rody’s thundering vocal performance amidst only one fairly creative riff on “Dirty Pillow Talk”, or maybe a couple of riffs that remind the listeners of the good old days of Doppleganger when Fall Of Troy mixed their overly technical guitarist with some actual songwriting skills.
In The Unlikely Event suffers mostly when Thomas Erak thinks he has the chops to make an actual pop song. The soft songs were terrible on Manipulator, and that doesn’t change here. “Nobody’s Perfect”, Fall Of Troy’s worst song since the dreadful “The Dark Trail”, sounds amateurish and over-produced to the point Britney Spears would probably puke, with emotions so fabricated and unreal it’s hard to take it seriously. Sadly, that’s the way every pop song on here song is on In The Unlikely Event, and that along with some of the worst ideas this side of mixing auto tune and good singers, it just faults the album for its creditability.
In The Unlikely Event isn’t a terrible album, it just has enough good moments to BARELY be considered good, but a lot of moments are fairly awful, and while their aren’t as many as the entire first half of Manipulator, there aren’t as many good songs here neither. The unfortunate truth is that, while Thomas Erak is still rocking on his guitar, he can no longer write the occasional great song that he was once able to. With some potential still showing on Manipulator, it seems like there is almost nothing left here and their songwriting is becoming barren. Where could they possibly go next?
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Album Rating: 2.5
i mean this isn't that bad but it isn't that good. Still kinda good though.
Digging: The Dillinger Escape Plan - Option Paralysis | | | Album Rating: 3.5
Nobody's Perfect is by far not the worst song on this record. It may be the "pop-iest" or w/e but the structure and contrast of it is pretty fucking rad.
Digging: Architects - Hollow Crown | | | Album Rating: 2.5
it's pretty fucking bad
| | | Album Rating: 3.5
regardless, there are worst songs imo
| | | Album Rating: 2
The first like, 2 minutes of Nobody's Perfect is the best part of the album.
Digging: The Dillinger Escape Plan - Option Paralysis | | | Album Rating: 2.5
Single, Empty The Clip, Webs, and Nature vs. Nuture as well are bad.
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Single is terrible
| | | Album Rating: 2.5
there is such a big division between good and bad on FoT's last two albums its like ugggh
| | | Album Rating: 3.5
I like this album, its getting too much hate because people expect another s/t or Doppelganger.
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I think this album is better than most people think, but its barely good enough for a 3
its like 2.8 or 2.75 for me.
| | | Album Rating: 3.5
I have listened to "Battleship Graveyard", "Panic Attack", and "Nobody's Perfect" and all seemed more enjoyable than most off Manipulator. I really disliked that album. Perhaps I have only listened to the good ones?
Digging: Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92 | | | Album Rating: 2.5
don't get whats with the giantic acclaim behind Nobody's Perfect but meh whatever.
Yeah you're listening to most of the good stuff, but if you like that you might have to check this out.
| | | Album Rating: 3.5
Damn, I listened to Webs (which is supposed to be a poor track off of this) and somewhat enjoyed it. I'm going to have to get this album.
| | | Album Rating: 2.5
lol cool
| | | Album Rating: 1.5 | Sound Off
Its not good
Digging: Wow, Owls! - Pick Your Patterns | | | Album Rating: 2.5
i get there's annoying vocals but meh, in its entirety, its not bad at all.
| | | Album Rating: 1.5 | Sound Off
The vocals are that bad that this deserves no more than a 2
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i am one of those people who want another doppelganger... HUGE disappointment.
| | | Album Rating: 2
i vomited
Digging: The Dillinger Escape Plan - Option Paralysis | | | Album Rating: 3 | Sound Off
i like this album, but manipulator owns it, hard and the dark trail is one of my favorite tfot songs. pretty good review
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