Review: Life in Your Way "Waking Giants"

Upon first listen, I found this album to be quite evoking for a few reasons. Primarily, (something we haven't covered much recently) the impressive synchronization of the songs. Even when you first rip the shrink wrap off of the album, you begin to listen, and realize how tight this band is: as in their drum rolls and guitar notes. At some points it even has a progressive rock feel to it. If you're a drummer, and you like the harder music, this is definitely for you. In short: It's not the best thing I've ever heard, but it's definitely worth a gander.

First thing's first: I'm not going to recommend this album as a must have or trash it, it's just one of those things I found intriguing, so I'm gonna post about it. It's on of those things you'll just have to listen to and figure it out for yourself. I will tell you though, a good track to start with that encompasses their entire sound in one song would be: We Don't Believe

It's hard to explain these guitars, but think of a mix between As Cities Burn and Underoath. It's not exact, because obviously every band varies, but they have those half dirty chords, with pretty arpeggios thrown in. It's quite a unique blend, and I have to be honest, this paired with the harder synchronization proves a dynamic, yet melodic blend. They do experiment with a few weird rhythms (notice they're weird, not odd time, proggies don't get too excited)

All in all the guitars are pretty good. They vary a lot, so if you have a short attention span, (like I do sometimes) you'll love the diversity.

Alright, this is where the quality can get questionable. If you're a fan of straight up screaming this album should tickle your fancy. Anyway, I predict this to be a love of hate kind of thing when the band's marketability comes into play. Some bands boast a Jeckyl and Hyde type persona, but this is truly a prime example.

Well, like I said before, that synchro is awesome. Truly, it takes talent to write some of that into your songs, however, other than that the drumming can be a little dull. Now, this being the first time I've encountered this band, I can't base the drummer's skill on past releases, so I'm not sure if he is indeed just playing what's needed, or he's just mediocre. I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt, just because he is the backbone for some of those "weird" rhythms.

I wish I had more to write about guys and gals, but this is just plain ol' bass guitar from what I can tell. It's not bad though, it fits right in where it needs to go, but It would be nice if he got more breakdown, intro, outro parts etc.
Well, this album is a good one, and If you're jamming out some older stuff, and you're sick of it, this could very well be that album you've been waiting for, but my writing could very well be in vain. Like I said, it's going to be a love/hate, a bush/kerry, or even a butter/margarine type deal. Accept it folks, that butter / margarine thing was gold, literally.