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Isolation
Carpathian
Reviewed by: Jake Cary [Mon, January 25, 2010 @ 11:17:32 PM]
Some albums you just hear six years too late.
If Carpathian’s - Isolation had come out when I was a freshman in high school I probably would have loved it. That was when I was pissed off at the whole world and really didn’t know much about music. That environment would have been great for this record, but now that I’ve grown up (at least a little) this 10 song, 26 minute release comes off as stale and whiney.
Musically, it’s a pretty standard hardcore release. Pounding floor tom, drop-D tuning and lots of distortion are present on nearly every track. That’s not entirely a bad thing, because these guys do it pretty well. However, when your music is so generic, something is needed in the vocals to differentiate yourselves from all the other forgettable acts out there, and unfortunately the combination of vocals and lyrics just don’t do enough to make this worth your time.
Plenty of the reviews we post deal with music that stems from unhappiness/ discontent. And that’s great. Music (both listening to and creating) can be a great way to vent and get those negative things out of your system. However, they should be used to get over something, not dwell on it. And this record seems more like a 26 minute pity party than a way to cope, as heard in the song ‘Ceremony.’
I'm a fuck up
A highschool dropout but I see this world for
what it really is
Bright skies and countrysides in a land that
talks in tongues
Where do we go from here
Is this all we have
Will we ever get out
Here's to our fucking youth spent wasted out
And although I’m not against self-deprecation in art, when an artist subscribes to those thoughts and uses them as a crutch is when I get bored.
There are a couple songs that stand out, and those are the songs that are more personal rather than solely negative. ‘Sun Heights’ is the best example, and also the best song on the record.
Dancing at thirty three, wishing desperately for clarity
And this isn't how I pictured me, afraid to
grow into the man I aspired to be
Everyday, this is why events unnerve me.
When the Australia natives aren’t focusing on the negative things in life, they’re pretty decent. But the majority of the time they’ve got the shitty things under such a strong microscope that any silver lining gets lost, and the album seems to be more of a downer than an experience to enjoy. There’s potential if the singer can grow up a bit, but wait for that album to come out before you pay to hear this band.
5.5 out 10
RIYL Blacklisted, Comeback Kid, teen angst
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