A.F.I.
"Sing
the Sorrow" (Dreamworks)
Reviewed by Alicia Downs
I have to concede a certain level of shame in
reviewing "Sing the Sorrow." California native AFI (short for "A
Fire Within") has been around for ten years. In that time they have
amassed more than a half dozen albums, the most recent being "Sing the
Sorrow." Still, I knew little about them. Alas, it was not their hit
single, "Girl's not Grey" (which most recently won a VMA) that got my
attention, it was a friend in Belgium who sent me a copy of their most recent
release with a simple, yellow Post-It missive reading "Listen."
"Sing the Sorrow" (co-produced by music heavyweights Bruce Vig and
Jerry Finn) is not one easily definable musical work. It is no more metal than
punk; no more punk than techno - all melded into a sonic mind storm.
Throughout "Sing the Sorrow" each track works as an audible
representative of the very definition of crescendo.
And with this brevity and unequivocal confidence, I pass the Post-it note on to
you: Listen.
AFI is: Davey Havok (vocals), Jade Puget (guitar), Hunter (bass), Adam Carson
(drums).
For more information, check out http://www.afireinside.net.
Rating Guide:
A classic. This record will kick your ass.
Killer. Not a classic but it will rock your world.
So-so. You've heard better.
Pretty bad. Might make a nice coaster.
Self explanatory. Just the sight of the
cover makes you wanna hurl.
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