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| 4.0 excellent | Alabaster Jones | September 14th 16 |
Out of the first three (in three years) Loma Prieta records, I find Life/Less to be the most enjoyable. This is due to the notion that, while the songwriting is as concise and solid as ever, the production is heavier than hell and really makes these compositions explode. The bass churns beneath volatile drums and a pained vocal performance, and the guitars alternate between intense hardcore riffing and melancholy, saddened lines. The music borders on grindcore many times throughout the record, but it's not all just one-note either. The piano that comes in on "Closelessness" and the vocal crescendo of closer "Apparition" betray a subtlety in the songwriting that shows the band continuing to mature, coming closer and closer to that perfect marriage of careful, crafted songwriting and impassioned, youthful performances. Long story short, it's seventeen minutes of awesome screamo from a band that would only continue to improve, and if that sounds as enticing to you as it does to me, get on it.
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| 3.7 great | Erwann S. STAFF | August 14th 19 |
Good skramz, and their crustiest output (that bass sound). Even though the shortness of the record does not help the record explore that much, it still is more innovative than Self Portait. Again, what works the best for me are these melodic guitar riffs floating above the relentless violence.
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| 4.0 excellent | BtwntheAKIRAndMe | October 13th 15 |
Low 9 out of 10: Easily one of the best modern screamo LPs of recent. So much passion and energy packed in about 17 minutes.
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| 0.0 | balcaen | December 10th 10 |
wholly uninteresting compared to dark mountain or last city. the record stay stagnant throughout and forcibly pushes out this monotonous, stereotypical skramz wankery. every now and then they give you a little break and do something interesting with their sound, like in 'lost bridge' and 'no friends', which is what's preventing me from giving this album a 0.0, but other than that i don't know what anyone sees in this record. easily the worst screamo release of the year.
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| 2.0 poor | TRMshadow | November 25th 10 |
Seriously Ire, what the hell do you see in this?....... skramz sucks..... at least this skramz does
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| 4.0 excellent | Surette | December 27th 23 |
| 2.5 average | qt | July 1st 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | FunJan | June 19th 23 |
| 3.5 great | Halez | June 1st 23 |
| 3.0 good | xlev | September 10th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | rc239 | August 1st 19 |
| 3.5 great | Adamn | May 8th 19 |
| 3.5 great | crab | February 16th 19 |
| 3.0 good | Sam C. | September 28th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jamdbz | August 7th 18 |
| 3.5 great | iglu | July 19th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Emo | April 16th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Prancer | March 18th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Pleb | March 17th 17 |
| 3.5 great | uhh | November 2nd 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | furpa | August 15th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Henry | May 1st 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Asunder | January 24th 16 |
| 3.5 great | torts | October 14th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Matski | October 9th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | YakNips | August 7th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | fdrc | July 28th 15 |
| 3.0 good | adr | June 7th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | fuzzbutt | December 30th 14 |
| 3.5 great | slaps | December 18th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sithese | February 25th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | jash14 | November 1st 13 |
| 3.5 great | aflak7 | October 30th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | akimbo | July 12th 13 |
| 3.0 good | tlhk | June 14th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Caelum | May 5th 13 |
| 3.5 great | jmh886 | March 19th 13 |
| 3.5 great | kb36 | January 22nd 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | shrek | December 9th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | ILJ | November 25th 12 |
| 3.5 great | pumi | October 11th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Seer | October 4th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | cumverg | September 5th 12 |
| 3.0 good | DECCA | June 19th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | jayfatha | February 28th 12 |
| 3.5 great | TSOMEHT | February 18th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Thane | January 4th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | DeskmaN | December 30th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ire | November 22nd 11 |
| 3.5 great | BlueW | October 16th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Bungklin | September 22nd 11 |
| 3.0 good | kount | August 10th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | IN64 | October 27th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | iBosley | June 26th 10 |
| 3.5 great | Vwave | June 23rd 10 |
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