{"id":1520,"date":"2017-07-19T13:00:35","date_gmt":"2017-07-19T13:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-night-argent-the-fear\/"},"modified":"2025-06-11T22:15:35","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T21:15:35","slug":"review-night-argent-the-fear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-night-argent-the-fear\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Night Argent – The Fear"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It’s difficult to gauge who Washington quartet Night Argent<\/b> are being aimed at. Since their success in an Ernie Ball Battle of the Bands won them a chance to play at Warped Tour and a writing\/recording deal with John Feldmann, you’d expect their self-titled EP and follow up \u2018The Fear’<\/i> to pack a mighty pop punk punch, and not sound like it was made for adult alternative radio.<\/p>\n

Packing dollops of earnest melodrama and a slickness that gleams with mainstream appeal across six songs, \u2018The Fear’<\/i> is an EP built upon anthemic pop structures, big hooks and a yearning performance from frontman Chase Manhattan, who quickly distinguishes himself as the focal point of these songs. “I’m a dead man walking, every step a weight I have to bare, feels like the whole world’s watching, I’m as hollow as their empty stares,”<\/i> he sings during opener \u2018Mannequin’<\/i>, reflecting the lyrical style of this EP; yearning, purposefully vague, and generally pathetic.<\/p>\n

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Manhattan’s quest to resonate with listeners isn’t aided by the saccharine nature of the band’s songwriting on \u2018The Fear’<\/i>. Lead single \u2018Dreamcatcher’<\/i> offers a wheeze of distortion in its chorus, but still recalls latter day Take That more than anything that makes rock such a vibrant force in 2017. Meanwhile \u2018Heartbeat’<\/i> revolves around a fluttery acoustic guitar melody that could sit comfortably on One Direction’s \u2018Made in the AM.’<\/i><\/p>\n

It would be elitist on our part to outcast \u2018The Fear’<\/i> for being a pop album, but it’s not even that great a pop record, with a lack of personality, charisma and colour making it a pretty thankless listen. But no doubt, you’ll be hearing the name Night Argent<\/b> more in the future, because these songs are bland and inoffensive enough to get played on your grandparents favourite radio show.<\/p>\n

1\/5<\/p>\n

\u2018The Fear’<\/i> by Night Argent<\/b> is out now on Outerloop Records.<\/b><\/p>\n

Night Argent<\/b> links:Website<\/a>|Facebook<\/a>|Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n

Words by Andy Davidson (@AndyrfDavidson<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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