{"id":19519,"date":"2014-08-29T09:37:30","date_gmt":"2014-08-29T09:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-forever-after-just-another-year-ep\/"},"modified":"2018-03-17T15:08:45","modified_gmt":"2018-03-17T15:08:45","slug":"album-review-forever-after-just-another-year-ep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-forever-after-just-another-year-ep\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Forever After &#8211; Just Another Year EP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/tumblr_inline_nb1ahrg75R1qheirv.jpg\" width=\"150px\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/strong><strong>Forever After<\/strong> should just about catch the tail end of this beautiful summer we\u2019ve been having when <em>\u2018Just Another Year\u2019<\/em> drops. An EP difficult to pigeonhole, it falls somewhere between the massive pop punk choruses of early 2000s California and riffs that would fit right in the Pacific Northwest of the early 90s, to give us this 2014 stomper straight out of Essex. Opener <em> \u2018She\u2019s Leaving\u2019<\/em> is huge. Starting with a riff direct from the Kurt Cobain cookbook before slipping through a neat verse and launching into a sing-along chorus the track sets up for what will follow. <em> \u2018Miles Away\u2019<\/em> is more of the same but even smoother in its transition from riff to storming chorus.<\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018Inhaling, Failing\u2019 <\/em>is a little reminiscent in parts of Basement\u2019s <em>\u2018Bad Apple\u2019<\/em>, but that\u2019s not a complaint. Sometimes good songs sound like other good songs. It\u2019s another strong offering and as it builds to a mighty final chorus complete with some sweet lead I\u2019m hooked. <em> \u2018Throw It All Away\u2019 <\/em>fills the void and is perhaps the most interesting song on show. The chorus is enormous, the backing vocals a little too low in the mix for me to actually grab my skateboard and run outside, but it\u2019s still magnificent and in my head, for two minutes, I can actually skate.<!-- more --><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018Twenty Two\u2019 <\/em>closes and is fantastic. I know people who would detest it for all the same reasons I like it so much. It\u2019s unashamed in its pop punk influences and only disappointing in that all the songs that influenced it would have hit the chorus one more time at the end. It\u2019s all covered though \u2013 catchy as sin with enough impressive guitar work that even the most amateur of air guitarists can get involved at some point throughout. I just really wish it kicked back in on the record like it does in my mind.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Forever After<\/strong> do have work to do. <em> \u2018Just Another Year\u2019<\/em> is a solid record, granting listening pleasure in abundance, but at times it\u2019s a little too derivative. When they nail it, however, boy, do they nail it and this is a band I\u2019m expecting and excited to hear a lot more of in the future.<\/p>\n<p>3.5\/5<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2019Just Another Year\u2019 <\/em>EP by <strong>Forever After<\/strong> is out now.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Forever After<\/strong> links: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/foreverafter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>|<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/foreverafteruk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>|<a href=\"http:\/\/foreverafterband.tumblr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tumblr<\/a>|<a href=\"http:\/\/foreverafter.bandcamp.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bandcamp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words by Thomas Knott (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/thislifeishuge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@thislifeishuge<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forever After should just about catch the tail end of this beautiful summer we\u2019ve been having when \u2018Just Another Year\u2019 drops. 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