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In Other Climes - Leftover review




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6.8

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Band: In Other Climes
Album: Leftover
Release date: February 2015


01. Dreams
02. Now I Know
03. Who Are You
04. City Of Glass
05. Bigger Than Life
06. Brainwashed
07. I Walk Alone
08. Have You Ever
09. Dead Man's Fingers
10. Sincerely Yours
11. We Are An European Band

Beautiful albums make cute reviews.

But I have rarely seen reviews for NY hardcore bands in the form of haikus, so if you are looking for poetry, go elsewhere. Or you know what? Just stay.


It smells like sweat here
Gang shouts merging in my ears!
This band is okay


There.

So yeah, In Other Climes play a pretty standard breed of -core we've all come to know as New York hardcore, represented by bands such as Hatebreed, Madball, etc etc. The genre has often been decried for several reasons - many focusing on the behaviour of fans of the style - and one being for its lack of variety and innovation. And unfortunately these Frenchmen didn't dodge the pitfall, except on a few highlight tracks such as the crossover piece "Brainwashed," the Motörhead-esque "Have You Ever," and the fast-rapped "Sincerely Yours" - all of which come late in the tracklist. As a consequence, one can safely say Leftover really gets better as it's unravelling, and makes you wish they practised what they preach in "We Are An European Band" a little more: in other words I wish they sounded much less like their American colleagues.

In Other Climes got themselves a little name in the scene these last few years, and put out a good number of releases. I remember they used to throw in the face of their listener more thrashy riffs, like in their killer side of the split with Confronto. Whether it is the loss of a part of their crossover personality, or the presence of some filler songs, this third opus isn't as convincing as I know it could have been. However, there is no denying that the members know how to do their job - especially the bassist that I find myself following more than the others. Leftover is a fun ride, and displays the genuine, original attitude of douchecore, ahem, the genre.

You got it, this is a groovy album you put on when the party isn't going hard enough.


Rating breakdown
Performance: 8
Songwriting: 6
Originality: 4
Production: 8

Written by Ilham | 27.01.2015




Comments

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27.01.2015 - 23:02
Karlabos
Meat and Potatos
I like the haiku idea. It's more entertaining and quick to describe an album, I guess.
This is an uninspired one for an uninspired release of 2014:

long time we waited
for the epic musical
a disappointment



And this for a historical release:

He is the table
girl has no arms or legs
yuck. Never again
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"Aah! The cat turned into a cat!"
- Reimu Hakurei
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27.01.2015 - 23:08
Zap
Guest
Written by Karlabos on 27.01.2015 at 23:02

long time we waited
for the epic musical
a disappointment

He is the table
girl has no arms or legs
yuck. Never again

Ziltoid and Lulu?
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27.01.2015 - 23:44
Karlabos
Meat and Potatos
Written by Zap on 27.01.2015 at 23:08

Ziltoid and Lulu?

Indeed, your turn now.
(Oh wait I might be mistaking this for a game thread)
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"Aah! The cat turned into a cat!"
- Reimu Hakurei
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28.01.2015 - 00:42
Rating: 6
Ilham
Giant robot
Written by Karlabos on 27.01.2015 at 23:44

Indeed, your turn now.
(Oh wait I might be mistaking this for a game thread)

Create the thread. I'd play that game.
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28.01.2015 - 01:09
Karlabos
Meat and Potatos
Written by Ilham on 28.01.2015 at 00:42

Written by Karlabos on 27.01.2015 at 23:44

Indeed, your turn now.
(Oh wait I might be mistaking this for a game thread)

Create the thread. I'd play that game.

Okay =]


/offtopic
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"Aah! The cat turned into a cat!"
- Reimu Hakurei
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