Isles & Glaciers comes with a three-headed vocal attack courtesy of ex-Chiodos front man Craig Owens, ex-Dance Gavin Dance and current Emerosa singer Johnny Craig and Vic Fuentes from Pierce The Veil. That line alone will probably already tell you whether or not you’ll want to give this band a chance.
Backed up further by guitarist/keyboardist Brian Southall from The Receiving End Of Sirens, drummer Mike Fuentes from Pierce The Veil, guitarist Nick Martin of Underminded and Chiodos bassist Matt Goddard this is sort of a supergroup for all the emo chicks out there.
I honestly do kinda like how the three voices swirl around each other and the songs are decent enough, especially considering everyone wrote their parts separately and then puzzled them all together during a one-week recording session. There’s a couple of mellow cuts on here like “Viola Lion” and “Cemetery Weather” along with two instrumentals that are okay but it’s with an upbeat track like “Empty Sighs & Wine” that they really manage to draw the attention to them. At the very least it made me wonder what this could lead to if they managed to find more time together in the studio.
Recommended for fans of Saosin or any of the abovementioned bands.
Score: 6.5 out of 10
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