{"id":21208,"date":"2014-07-15T16:33:06","date_gmt":"2014-07-15T16:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-rise-against-the-black-market\/"},"modified":"2018-03-17T15:10:35","modified_gmt":"2018-03-17T15:10:35","slug":"album-review-rise-against-the-black-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-rise-against-the-black-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Rise Against – The Black Market"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"It\u2019s easy to tell a band that are truly passionate about their music when six albums and 15 years into a massively successful career they are still making records packed with the same heart, fire and potent ideals they did to start with. That is exactly what Chicago activist punks Rise Against<\/strong> have done with new release \u2018The Black Market\u2019<\/em>. Even if, dare I say it, it is their most mainstream work to date.<\/p>\n

Although in no way leaving their impassioned punk sound behind, \u2018The Black Market\u2019<\/em> does at times see Rise Against<\/strong> straying into the arena and radio rock territory so beloved of our American cousins. This is most apparent on first single \u2018I Don\u2019t Want To Be Here\u2019<\/em>, which although beginning in typically frenetic fashion, eventually drops into a huge open chord driven chorus with a repeated lyrical refrain that wouldn\u2019t sound out of place on a Nickelback or Theory Of A Deadman record.<\/p>\n

\u2019Tragedy + Time\u2019<\/em> also features a distinctly poppy mainstream rock influenced chorus hook and provides a rare out and out feel good moment with an uplifting and universally relatable triumph over tragedy message.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not until the full blooded thrash of \u2018The Eco Terrorist in Me\u2019<\/em> kicks in that the band acknowledge what brought them to the fore in the first place. Lyrically, the song see\u2019s vocalist Tim McIlrath musing on the harder side of activism and just where to draw the line to achieve a goal. Later on \u2018Awake Too Long\u2019<\/em> has a similar feel in a song that is a vintage Rise Against<\/strong> break neck punk number.<\/p>\n

The pace is slowed right down on \u2018People Live Here\u2019,<\/em> an epic stirring acoustic ballad complete with sweeping strings and all-encompassing lyrics that feature McIlrath voicing his doubts on religion and global politics and their darkest consequences.<\/p>\n

\u2018The Black Market\u2019<\/em> finishes in an impressively strong and unquestionably anthemic manner with \u2018Bridges\u2019<\/em>; finely blending the raw aggression of old with the new more expansive and melodically aware side of the band\u2019s sound.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s refreshing to see a hugely commercially successful band be able to make their social, environmental and political ideals fit tightly with a compulsively lisetenable, emotionally charged, high-octane heavy rock sound without toning down their message or losing any of their relevance or sincerity. Some of the straight alt-rock moments may not be to the taste of diehard fans of Rise Against<\/em>\u2019s earliest work. However, that can\u2019t detract from \u2018The Black Market\u2019<\/em> being one of the band\u2019s most rounded releases to date and one certain to eclipse even the massive success of their last few albums.<\/p>\n

4\/5<\/p>\n

‘The Black Market’<\/em> by Rise Against<\/strong> is out now on Polydor<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Rise Against<\/strong> links: Website<\/a>|Facebook<\/a>|Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n

Words by Dane Wright (@MrDaneWright<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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