Evergreen Terrace – Sincerity Is an Easy Disguise…
Author: Matthew Kirshner
Five tracks in, and these Floridians are still firing on all sixes. Every hardcore riff has been simultaneously melodic, clever and pummeling and links to an equally well-considered sequence. The screams are no better or worse than the median from this genre, and the clean vocals, especially in the magnificent “New Friend Request,” rank among the best. If not particularly varying, they at least avoid, respectively, the sissified cloying of emocore and the overreaching bathos of metalcore. Even the de rigueur breakdowns, so tiresome to mine ears, sound more like a logical respite than inevitable concert pandering. The prog-metallic riffs on “Gerald Did What” spiral and twist in a way totally alien to the intended audience, and praise is due. Then, beginning with “I Can See My House from Here,” three utterly lame songs in a row run by. The clarity of the clean vocals reverts to the projected nasality of Evergreen Terrace’s lesser ilk, the alternated obviousness of speed and breakdowns comes to the fore, and meaningful structures are cast aside like wreckage flotsam. The shite filler is forgiven by the last three songs: two mellifluous beaters with great choruses and a successful, unbilled acoustic closer. Track summary: eight great, three wee.
Rating: 8/10
Website: www.evergreenterracehc.com
Label: Eulogy Recordings
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