New Silversun Pickups:Swoon

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They might, but I don't...this is a rather uninspired, lazy sounding followup to very good debut from 2006, Carnavas. Considering their last album was three years ago, you might expect a different sounding album, and well, this album is different in one important regard...its bland. Nothing jumps out at me , like the Smashing Pumpkinesque Lazy Eye or Three Seed from the last one. Here, the songs are the same tempo throughout the entire album. They don't even mine the pop hook layden alt-metal vein ala Coheed & Cambria like they did on songs like Future Foe Scenario, Dream At Tempo 119 or Common Reactor from the last album.

Maybe I need more time with it, but it isn't the instant grabber for me like Carnavas was. Admittedly, I've only heard once, but I am feeling glad that it isn't mine (I borrowed it from someone else). Save for one or two songs, I can't think of a reason to buy it. Maybe Carnavas was just that good of an album and I had high hopes. Anyhoo, maybe I'll revisit this one at a later date.