In the current post-hardcore/metalcore climate we live in, it seems bands will try anything to get noticed, well Greeley Estates are definitely at the forefront of this scene. The second album from the Phoenix mob has ridiculously long song titles, nothing to do with the songs lyrical content whatsoever, and the obligatory heavy cookie monster vocals. “Blue Morning” is a case in point, a typical album opener, dreary vocals that get heavier throughout, shredding guitars that become progressive in places and a drummer who thinks he’s in Obituary. 

As the album goes on the vocals become higher in pitch and even whinier than each preceding track, especially on “Go West Young Man” and “If We're Going Out, Lets Go Out In Style”.  The album as a whole is pretty much metal by numbers, we’ve heard it all before really, there’s nothing new here. It just gradually gets worse as each track passes by, “Let The Evil Go East” even sounds like a blatant As I Lay Dying rip off and it is questionable as to how this lot managed to get to album number two. 

If you had to pick out a standout track though  “Mother Nature Is A Terrorist” is perhaps the only effort that doesn’t follow the exact same pattern as every other song on the album  as it has vocals you can actually hear and riffs that sound vaguely original. “Go West Young Man, Let The Evil Go East” is nothing special and in all honesty best avoided at all costs! You’re better off trying some home grown talent like Architects or Devil Sold His Soul, who actually make the genre worthwhile.

John Consterdine