{"id":27488,"date":"2013-08-05T19:25:16","date_gmt":"2013-08-05T19:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-iwrestledabearonce-late-for\/"},"modified":"2018-03-17T15:25:35","modified_gmt":"2018-03-17T15:25:35","slug":"album-review-iwrestledabearonce-late-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-iwrestledabearonce-late-for\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: IWRESTLEDABEARONCE &#8211; Late For Nothing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tumblr_inline_mr0y5sqj6S1qz4rgp.jpg\" title=\"\"><span>Los Angeles based metalcore\/grindcore\/mathcore\/corecore band <\/span><strong>IWRESTLEDABEARONCE\u00a0<\/strong><span>have been knocking about for a few years now. Relocating about the States and occasionally switching members \u2013 new album <\/span><em>\u2018Late For Nothing\u2019, <\/em><span>for example,<\/span><span>is the first album featuring Courtney LaPlante as a full time member after replacing the pregnant Krysta Cameron during the 2012 Warped Tour. LaPlante\u2019s vocals are an excellent addition to the lineup but unfortunately other than that<\/span><span>it\u2019s another <\/span><strong>IWABO<\/strong><span> album that sits comfortably above the average fair of its scene without really bringing anything spectacularly new to the table.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>Over the course of twelve songs and around 38 minutes the five-piece move through massive good fun highs and notably smaller, less enthusing lows \u2013 often within the tracks themselves. Opener, <em>\u2018Thunder Chunky\u2019<\/em> begins interestingly enough with dual vocals and a sweet melody and ends on a much heavier, no less solid, chunk of what people have come to expect from the band. It\u2019s the sadly generic breakdowns that fill in some of the gaps between the let the song down. Just when you think you\u2019re away and looking at a group of people who\u2019ll cut the fat and keep things fresh, there it is again. Chug. Chug. Chug.<\/span><!-- more --><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>Sometimes <strong>IWABO<\/strong> really do mix it up. <em>\u2018Mind The Gap\u2019 <\/em>provides an atmospheric interlude bang in the middle of the record. In fact, the entire mid-section of <em>\u2018Late For Nothing\u2019 <\/em>is strong, LaPlante\u2019s vocals bringing an extra level above the fantastic (if at times uninspired) instrumental work. It rarely, if ever, hits a truly great stride though. Every time it seems as though the album is going to step up and really go somewhere special it stops shy, always peaking a little too soon and by the end it\u2019s a little boring. The screams beneath the lead vocal rarely have the impact that they had early on \u2013 &rsquo;<em>Inside Job&#8217;\u00a0<\/em>is an exception \u2013 and by the time the blastbeats of closing track <em>\u2018It Don\u2019t Make Me No Nevermind\u2019 <\/em>fall away to more downtuned chuggery, the mark is clearly visible, yet still hangs\u00a0frustratingly out of reach.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>3.5\/5<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><em>&lsquo;Late For Nothing&rsquo;<\/em> by <strong>IWRESTLEDABEARONCE<\/strong> is released on 12th August on <strong>Century Media<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><strong>IWRESTLEDABEARONCE<\/strong> links: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iwrestledabearonce.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a>|<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/iwrestltledabearonce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>|<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/iwabo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>Words by Tom Knott (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nounandthenouns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@<\/a><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nounandthenouns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nounandthenouns<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles based metalcore\/grindcore\/mathcore\/corecore band IWRESTLEDABEARONCE\u00a0have been knocking about for a few years now. Relocating about the States and occasionally switching members \u2013 new album \u2018Late For Nothing\u2019, for example,is the first album featuring Courtney LaPlante as a full time member after replacing the pregnant Krysta Cameron during the 2012 Warped Tour. 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