Remember the movie Fargo by the Coen brothers with its weird yet wonderful humor? Well, here’s a christian band from Fargo, North Dakota who display absolutely no sense of humor on their debut full-length. According to the band, “The Sounds Of Earth” tries to put the contrasting themese that run through humanity on display… yikes! Themes such as judgment and mercy, separation and communion,… I have no problem with christian music but please, don’t take yourself so serious!
Musically Hands sound like Underoath covering Isis songs with long atmospheric and instrumental parts that don’t always lead to a climax but rather simply fizzle out without leaving much of an impression (“Mercy”). The vocals range from grunts to screams and clean vocals and while the grunts are decent enough, they could use a little more work when it comes to screaming and singing.
Overall Hands does show promise but they are still a long way from being able to write the album they most likely had in mind.
Score: 5.5 out of 10
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