The Canadian screamers that make up Farewell To Freeway are back for another round with “Only Time Will Tell”, the band’s second full-length. I wasn’t too keen on their debut and unfortunately they haven’t been able to convince me with this one either.
The guitars are very lush in a Hopesfall kinda way but the singing/screaming thing feels trite and the clean vocals are less than convincing. There’s also a girl in the band who pitches in with keyboard parts which feel completely unnecessary, seemingly put in as an afterthought. Then it’s back to the all too familiar breakdowns and screams.
It’s only when they try their hand at something else (“Years”, “Here As One”) that you hear there’s more to these guys than being just another paint-by-numbers band. But then in comes the breakdown and we’re back to square one.
Score: 5.5 out of 10
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