{"id":28281,"date":"2013-06-19T12:30:25","date_gmt":"2013-06-19T12:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-the-saddest-landscape-exit-wounded\/"},"modified":"2018-03-17T15:18:05","modified_gmt":"2018-03-17T15:18:05","slug":"album-review-the-saddest-landscape-exit-wounded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-the-saddest-landscape-exit-wounded\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: The Saddest Landscape – Exit Wounded"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Very few active vocalists can honestly claim to have mastered the skill of conveying despair and agony as well as Andy Maddox has, in fact it is quite likely that <\/span>The Saddest Landscape<\/strong>\u2019s<\/strong> singer is\u00a0unrivaled\u00a0in this respect. After the emphatic niche success of \u2018<\/em><\/span>You Will Not Survive<\/em>\u2019<\/em> back in 2009, the quattuor followed-up with the equally impressive \u2018<\/em><\/span>After The Lights<\/em>\u2019<\/em> in 2012, introducing subtle hints of welcome experimentation to the powerful formula they have made their specialty. They returned rather swiftly to the studio and now reappear with their new EP \u2018<\/em><\/span>Exit Wounded<\/em>\u2019<\/em>, and they reveal no evidence of slowing down.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, those light elements of experimentation that elevated \u2018<\/em><\/span>After The Lights<\/em>\u2019<\/em> a fair way above its peers are largely discarded here, where the band seem to retrace their steps to rekindle with a more direct, aggressive, and possibly still-more angst-ridden approach. The loud-quiet dynamics are still present and, more importantly, still effective; the heavier moments feel consistently more frantic than on their previous material; Maddox\u2019s voice is perhaps clearer than ever, and he has lost none of its gut-wrenching intensity<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

For the most part then, its business as usual. Opener \u2018<\/em><\/span>Those Yet Lived<\/em>\u2019<\/em> and \u2018<\/em><\/span>Redefining Loneliness<\/em>\u2019<\/em> might nearly be considered run-of-the-mill by now (the large spectrum of <\/span>The Saddest Landscap<\/strong>e <\/span>fandom can decide whether that\u2019s a good or a bad thing). Immediate and powerful, \u2018<\/em><\/span>Heartbroke & Fear Sick<\/em>\u2019<\/em> has Maddox screaming his lungs out and aggressive salvos of heaviness but shifts to leaner, softer (somewhat post-rock tinged at times, a notion yet more evident in the closer) sections only to build back up again. Maddox\u2019s vocal work shines here, and certainly resonates to a much higher degree than anything else on the EP.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018Coffin Like Ours<\/em>\u2019<\/em> takes a very similar route to \u2018<\/em><\/span>Heartbroke & Fear Sick<\/em>\u2019<\/em>, which follows a loud & short\/quiet & long\/build-up finale structure. Consequently, following-up on such an impressive track can often lead to a shift in evaluation standards, leaving the former a disappointing little brother to its counterpart. All is forgiven, however, on closing track \u2018<\/em><\/span>Breath In A Darkened Room<\/em>\u2019<\/em>. Largely instrumental (but for the final saturated screams), the band experiment with their usually short dabs at atmospherics by building emotion from instrumental composition only, and it\u2019s a successful attempt. A slow crescendo, the song starts with softly reverberating guitars, enters crashing cymbals territory and dies in a sea of noise and Maddox\u2019s muffled cries of agony. BANGCRASHAGONY.<\/span><\/p>\n

3.5\/5<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018<\/span>Exit Wounded<\/span><\/em>\u2019<\/em> by The Saddest Landscape<\/strong> is out now on Topshelf Records<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Saddest Landscape<\/strong> links: Website<\/a>|Facebook<\/a>|Twitter<\/a>|Tumblr<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Words by James \u2018Bearclaw\u2019 Lewis (@swissbearclaw<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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