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The Gauntlet: From a Second Story Window |
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From a Second Story Window Album Review
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Tracklist
1. Acknowledgement
2. Soft Green Fields
3. A Piece Of History Written In English
4. Dark Waters Of Thought
5. Oracles And Doorsteps
6. For Those Lost
7. The Crusher
8. Ghosts Over Japan
9. These Lights Above Us
10. Mourning For Morning
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It's been a really long time since we saw a studio effort from the good guys of From A Second Story Window. The band's second release 'Delenda', gives you the end product of what the band has been doing with their song writing for the past 2 and a half years. While the album serves its heavier purpose and is definitely in FASSW style, it also sheds a light on the band's strive for a diverse pool of musical styling which for this effort is both positive and negative.
'Delenda' is certainly the amalgamation of the band's various tastes put together in one big mish mash of static heaviness blasted through ways of grind, metal, rock and various other facets. The problem with the group's effort to involve any upon many works in one release has left them teetering left and right on edges of well written songs that would be better if they just took the approach they were known for on 'Not One Word Has Been Omitted'.
This album provides for variations which can be mistaken as the band not really being able to make a decision as to where to go with the songs. The songs will have you then lose you in a back and forth of melodic passages, heavier areas, chaotic bridges and formless masses of sound. This is good for the experimental side of things but for FASSW it gets to a point as to where you can't really get into the track because there are such sharp turns that don't really add up with the song as a whole.
While it is a valiant effort, 'Delenda' will have many uncertain of opinion for the disc and confuse most as to what FASSW is attempting to do. On the other hand the album shows that this is a band that is not within the confines of walls but perhaps their barrier mending will be done in a more graceful manner on the next release.
Review by: Dave Huffy
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