Released: 28 October 2016
Genre: Punk-Rock
Fav Tracks: Viva Indifference, 9-6-15, Veins! Veins!! Veins!!!, World Destroyer
Least Fav Tracks: Remedy, I'll Let You Down, They Wanted Darkness, I'm A Mess
Review: Frank Iero is the rhythm guitarist for My Chemical Romance who continued to release solo projects after their breakup under different monikers. This is his latest album under the moniker 'Frank Iero And The Patience'. The first track 'World Destroyer' is a very promising intro for the album as it has a hard thumping bad and a heavy riff. 'Veins! Veins!! Veins!!! is a hard hitting track which honestly made me excited for the rest of this album. One thing i started to really notice was the vocals which were, um, terrible. I'm A Mess prepared me for what was REALLY to expect from this album. The lazy songwriting and awful singing on this track hurts. He just sounds really arrogant on this song. 'I'm A Mess' is truly a mess.
'They Wanted Darkness' is a painfully slow song about his friends. Somehow it gets significantly worse when it picks up speed. The songwriting on this track actually isn't that bad and gives us an insight into how he feels about his friends, but the vocals make this really hard to listen to. 'I'll Let You Down' is when this album REALLY starts to hurt my ears. The lyrics are lazy and the vocals are god awful. I can't imagine anyone liking this song. Worst of all, it's 4:26 long. The last minute of the song is spent repeating what they just stated. Frank seems to put WAY too much emotion into some of these songs.
'Remedy' is hands down the worse song of 2016. Seriously what did i just listen to. The intro is a warning sign to skip the song immediately but the vocals are the worst on this song specifically. 'Dear Percocet, I Don't Think We Should See Each Other' is where this album picks up and starts to get better. The song is heavy as hell and the lyrics are interesting. 'Miss Me' is a really terribly boring folk song about the same stuff he's already talked about on this album, and for some reason the mixer decided it would be smart to add distortion to his voice. On a folk song. His vocals were bad enough but the production and distortion just make them worse. 'Oceans' is a actually no that bad due to its lyrics and emotion. but there's just the right amount of emotion.
The lyrics in The Resurrection, Or An Existential Crisis In C# are atrocious but the vocals fit the track so I give this one a pass. Viva Indifference is one of the only tracks i'd listen to in my spare time. It has some insightful lyrics here and there. 9-6-15 is a slow ballad about his grandfather who dies on the date 9th September 2015 which explains the title. halfway through it gets louder which is a relief because it was getting too slow for my liking. The song shows Iero's true emotion.
This album is one of the biggest disappointments of 2016. It just sounds like a huge mess from start to finish. Check out this album on youtube if you want, but you have been warned. Also check out Tate's review for this. He sounded way more annoyed at this album than me.
Rating: 2/10
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