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RELEASE DATE: 2010-02-16
LABEL: Epitaph Records
TRACKLIST:
1. The Children Sing
2. The Ghost Of You and I
3. Im Alive
4. To The Burial
5. The Dream Is Over
6. Remember A Time
7. Holding On To You
8. Won Threw Ate
9. Ten Years Down
10. Time Goes On
11. Eye For An Eye
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The Constant
Story Of The Year
THE REVIEW:
I remember back in 2004 when “Until The Day I Die” was filling the airwaves and most music video stations. St. Louis’ Story Of The Year had found a formula to create “Page Avenue,” a twelve song album of blistering tracks, chunky guitars and catchy melody. By the help of producer John Feldman the band put out an album that blew them into stardom. The predecessor, “In The Wake Of Determination” was released two years later on 2005 containing pretty much same kind material that stabilized the band´s fanbase and made them even popular around the globe. After touring for three years the band changed the label from major Maverick to indie-powerhouse Epitaph and unleashed their third album “The Black Swan” in 2008. Now two years later the band is once again ready to bring us their latest work, “The Constant” which will see the daylight on February 16th.
For Story Of The Year the philosophy “If it ain’t broken, don’t fix it” fits more than well. Ever since releasing “Page Avenue” the band has pretty much followed the same writing formula musically even though they have added some new quirks into their sound. With that being said it´s not a surprise that the material you can find on the band´s fourth full-length “The Constant” is once again loud and fast rock that gets your heart pumping and the circle pit started. The title of the album says more about the album than usually the titles do. The band has been consistent with their music as long as I have been listening to Story Of The Year and “The Constant” is not an exception to that. Songs like “The Ghost Of You And I”, “Eye For An Eye” and “Won Threw Ate” are really explosive and full of fast riffs as guitarists Ryan Phillips and Philip Sneed try to keep up with vocalist Dan Marsala’s energetic singing and screaming. The worst thing in “The Constant” are definitely the slower ballads such as “Holding On To You” and “Remember A Time” which really doesn´t fit into the albums energetic and powerful atmosphere at all.
Even though the album has few weaker tracks, overall it´s an album that what you really could have expected from Story Of The Year. If you´re a fan of melodic and fast rock anthems, “The Constant” is just what you need to get over the worst and darkest months of the year. Even though it isn´t the band´s finest work to date, it´s still a fun album to rock out to!
BY: Arto Mäenpää (adebisi85) on 2010-02-08
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