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 took a few listens, but i must say.....amazing July 28, 2005
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
alright, i have been a huge bno fan even before make yourself sick came out. that album was by far, a great achievement. when i heard that they had a new album coming out, i was extremely excited. as soon as new songs went up on purevolume, i was listening, but i wasn't too impressed. i decided to buy the cd on it's release day anyhow. after a first listen, i was going to give it a 3 out of 5, it was ok in my opinion....not great. i gave it another listen yesterday morning, and found a few more things i liked. it got moved up to a 4. well then i took a trip to NY and took the cd with me. i played it a few times and finally realized how amazing and catchy this cd is. i think i listened to it about 14 times yesterday. i couldn't get enough. i even love the intro track.
alright....here's a quick rundown. trainwreck is a concept album, but unlike most concept albums, this one is easy to understand, and it's a great story from beginning to end.
story: a man wakes up to find that he killed his wife in his sleep. he get's sentenced to a psychiatric hospital and talks the doctor into letting him out. he goes to work and slits his wrists on a saw.....goes back into the hospital. he gets let out again and poisons his friends and family....so then he overdoses on medicine and alcohol, and the doctor goes to his house and finds him almost dead on the living room floor, but it's weird because he's singing.....then he dies.
yeah, i know....it's crazy, but that is a trademark of boysnightout.
for those of you who havent heard any new bno, it is artistic, but it's done very well, unlike some bands that decide to be artistic and fail miserably. plus there is only one guitar player on this album, which you will be able to tell after listening, but bno still brings a strong record to the table.
it may take a few listens, but after a while, the choruses will be stuck in your head and you will see how good this cd really is.
favorite tracks: waking, sentencing, recovering, disintegrating.
dont hate participate August 3, 2005
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
i understand the backlash that a cd like this would have with hardcore bno fans, but I too was a fan since the ep. hear me out.
Every band matures, grows, comes full circle again..this is not selling out to your scene. apparently young fans of the hardcore/punk/emo/screamo music do not understand this, and every time a band comes out with something creative they damn it to hell. [might as well fit all 'real' bands under genre-"scene"]
now i do understand the complete and utter abandonment of your genre, voice, and originality (see mcr).
connor sounds nothing like whatever bands you want to compare this bno record to. The new recruit in a bra sings audibly in one song. and through the pop singing and hardcore breakdowns, its still bno and you can clearly hear it in every song. The irony is in the songs, the most poppy song on the cd is when the patient wakes after killing his woman. They still keep their progressive nature and this time took it somewhere to make the cd one long ride..(with the help of producer Machine [who horribly f'd up Armor for sleep's theme cd] redeems himself with this one)
the story of the record is right there in every trustkill advertisement, in the lyrics, and not to mention the "doctor" tape recordings at beginning and end. its a theme record meant to be taken as a whole with a story that could easily be pulled off "make yourself sick." it's cliche, fun, and disgusting at the same time. so dance you prototypical non-comformist duchebags.
no they still arent like other "warped tour bands". its the maturing of the band..with a band potentially this early in its career they are learning. its time to look outside of you scene..cut your hair and please for gods sake buy your jeans a size bigger.
A step away from the screamo scene August 19, 2005
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Now don't get me wrong, there is still some screaming in this record, but not as much as their previous 2 releases. I'm sure everyone who's heard about this record knows by now that it's a concept album so I won't go into that. If people complain about concept albums it's that all the lyrics are slightly about the same thing, well that is kinda the point since it is trying to tell a story. The break down in 'Recovering' is worth buying the album alone. Boys Night Out has always been at their best when they were at their poppiest. That's not saying this is a pop-punk album but they are venturing into the indie rock realm. After MYSS, BNO were limited to the hardcore/emo/screamo scene and with Train Wreck they have broken their own mold and now the sky is the limit as to where they can expand their sound to.
Far From A Musical Trainwreck February 9, 2006
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
"Trainwreck," the newest album from Boys Night Out, is far from being a musical trainwreck of any sort. The band's latest work of art expresses and is solely dependent and based upon human emotion. Each nook and cranny contains traces of insanity, loneliness, the desperation of love, betrayal, and lastly, death - all combined into a twelve track masterpiece. Through the use of these twelve tracks, "Trainwreck" tells the devastating story of the insanity adn disintegration of a man, The Patient.
Throughout the entire album, passion adn emotion overflows from each song. Lead singer, Connor Lovat-Fraser's vocals are superb, moving, and extremely awe-inspiring. From insanity, to loneliness, to unbearable despair, Lovat-Fraser conveys each emotion flawlessly. His voice and expression paints a detailed masterpiece that allows listeners to be a part of the grim story.
"Picture yourself in a nightmarish scene of such grotesque complexity that you'd kill to be dreaming." Describing the dreadful outcome of The Patient, Connor Lovat-Fraser's voice eerily rings out at the beginning of the final track of the album. After listening starought through the 53 minute compilation of intense emotion and after experiencing the tragedy the the story contains, one would definitely agree with such a description. For some, an album based upon such a concept may be frowned upon and considered overly abnormal. On the other hand, some are able to muster at least some amount of appreciation for the expression of such a raw display of human misfortune. Yet, lastly, there are those - the elite - that, too, declare "Trainwreck" to be morbid and devastating. However, the only difference with this group is that they also find the album and it's overall aura to be moving and strikingly beautiful.
An album that can be put on repeat August 10, 2005
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This album is a quite a change from Boys Night Out's previous records... There's less metal, less screaming, and more lyrical content than just killing people (albeit, killing people is still a major theme)...
The CD revolves around a story of a man who killed his wife while sleeping and the mental breakdown that follows until ultimately he dies.
The CD features several different musical genres... Ranging from Metal to Alternative Rock to Classic Rock to even a little bit of Country/Southern Uncle Kracker Style Rock... Yet, with all of the different genres, the CD manages to flow exceptionally well from one song to the next...
There are not many songs on the CD that just jump out and make you want to relisten over and over again... but that's the beauty of this album, the whole CD draws you in... Not just an individual song... The whole CD begs to be listened to again, as opposed to an individual song.
Not to get me wrong, the all of the songs on the CD are good... if not great.
Personally, I enjoyed Medicating, Composing, and Dying the most out of all of the individual songs.
Dying is one of if not the most haunting song the band has ever put out.
I would not recommend this CD to anybody who is just looking for a CD to pop into their CD play and mindlessly rock out. This album will be favorites of those who listen for lyrics as well as rock, and the story will consume those who really enjoy lyrics, songwriting, or writing in general.
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