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 dont hate participate August 3, 2005
Thew (NJ)
6 out of 6 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.
An album that can be put on repeat August 10, 2005
Fernando De Rosa (El Paso, IL)
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.
took a few listens, but i must say.....amazing July 28, 2005
a necktie is not a suitable flotation device
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.
Disturbing, Yet Worthwhile Story January 24, 2006
Danny (USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Typically, I would name each track as part of my review and say something about each song. That would be pointless with this CD since all the songs are supposed to sound somewhat similar in their message and what not. Anyways, when I first bought this CD, I got it really cheap purely off of my friend telling me that Boys Night Out's new album was supposed to sound like JamisonParker's "Sleepwalker" (a great album). I listened to it on the way home and didn't pick up that it was a concept album. The songs didn't make all that much sense and the line "These lines I wear around my wrist are there to prove that I exist" really made me mad. I got home, read the lyrics, listened to the first track all the way through, and realized that it was a concept album. However, the story was rather disturbing, and I didn't find the music good enough to bypass the story, so I put it right in my pile to get rid of.
Later that night, I thought about it and decided to take a second listen. It was much better the second time around (although I didn't listen to all of it). This listen gave the CD another chance. Only recently did I listen to the CD in one sitting and let the story absorb me. That made the CD over 10X better! Although this story is disturbing, it is redemptive at the end.
This album chronicles a man who accidentally strangles his wife to death in his sleep, while dreaming of much happier things. He awakens to find his wife dead and calls 911. He is then trying to fully grasp what he has done before being placed in a mental institution. After convincing the doctor to let him out, I believe he chops his hands off with some machinery at work (I'm leaning towards that, but not entirely sure). He is then readmitted only to be released again. He kills some more in this song that the medicine is giving him, only this time, dismembering his victims. He is let in one last time. He hears his wife twice in his stays in the hospital, and she tries to convince him that the only way to finish the song is to kill the doctor. In the end, the doctor goes to the patient's apartment, only to find his wound's infection worse, and that he had starved himself to the brink of death. The doctor takes responsibility for this event because he gave the patient the medicine and says that he failed the patient. The patient, while in this stage of starving himself and letting himself die, realizes that he is the "trainwreck" and realizes the evil of what he has done. This is why he lets himself die, and lets the song keep playing. He spares the doctor's life and instead, lets his own end.
A disturbing, yet also somewhat emotional and moving story. I think that is how it goes...I could be wrong, but that's what I understood it as. The end leaves you depressed, but hopeful in man's ability to overcome even the most hellish experiences in life. I highly recommend it, even though I don't delve very far into this genre of music.
its all about the song in my head - the one where the audience is all dead August 2, 2005
Charles R. Jarvis
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
1. In some strange way this album reminds me of dark side of the moon by pink floyd. the rolling ups and downs in the songs and on the album as a whole.
2. they're serious about this - great songs, great muscianship and great artwork.
3. the album is dark and evil is cool.
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