{"id":30162,"date":"2013-03-25T16:02:05","date_gmt":"2013-03-25T16:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-alberto-alaska-true-north-ep\/"},"modified":"2018-03-17T15:14:46","modified_gmt":"2018-03-17T15:14:46","slug":"album-review-alberto-alaska-true-north-ep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-alberto-alaska-true-north-ep\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Alberto Alaska &#8211; True North EP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/imageshack.us\/a\/img194\/5099\/albertoalaska.jpg\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><span>Hailing from Rochester, New York; local and unsigned 5 piece band, <\/span><strong>Alberto Alaska <\/strong><span>release 3 track EP, <em>\u2018True North\u2019<\/em>. It\u2019s a blend of echoing guitars, pounding drums and a rhythm you just can\u2019t avoid moving to. It delivers what you would expect from a post-rock alternative band, but perhaps not enough.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Opening track<em> \u2018Irene\u2019<\/em> starts out promising; the guitars and drums are pleasing, but when the track kicks in with the vocals after the build up, it seems to be quite underwhelming &#8211; even bland in places. At some points, the vocalist is drowned out by the instrumentals. However, they are so good &#8211; a joy to listen to even &#8211; you almost forgive the vocals, which mostly sound too weak.\u00a0<!-- more --><\/p>\n<p>&lt;a href=&ldquo;http:\/\/albertoalaska.bandcamp.com\/album\/true-north-ep&rdquo; data-mce-href=&ldquo;http:\/\/albertoalaska.bandcamp.com\/album\/true-north-ep&rdquo;&gt;True North EP by Alberto Alaska&lt;\/a&gt;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>Next track <\/span><em>\u2018Charlotte\u2019<\/em><span> is also similar; again, the guitar work and the drumming are good, but it\u2019d be far better if the vocals were stronger; they work in some parts but mostly there\u2019s a feeling that they don\u2019t fit, and it\u2019s perhaps almost too whiney. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">You could argue that by the third track, <em>\u2018Easier\u2019<\/em> that this EP, is all starting to sound like the same song; however, you do find yourself moving your head along with the music, and by the fourth or fifth listen, it becomes an EP well worth your attention.\u00a0It\u2019s not an instant hit, but after a few listens you start to notice the potential and growth in the band. It is clear they are technically proficient and so on point; and there are clear influences by bands such as Circa Survive and Saosin in there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><em>\u2018True North\u2019<\/em> is not by any means anything new, and nothing we haven\u2019t heard from other bands in that genre. However, given the little amount this band has previously released \u2013 <em>\u2018True North\u2019<\/em> being their second EP \u2013 there is so much potentially brilliant music that we haven\u2019t heard from them yet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">3\/5<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><em>\u2018True North\u2019<\/em> by <strong>Alberto Alaska<\/strong> is out now.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Alberto Alaska<\/strong> Links:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.albertoalaska.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a>|<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/albertoalaskamusic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a><span>|<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Alberto_Alaska\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>|<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/albertoalaska.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tumblr<\/a>|<a href=\"http:\/\/albertoalaska.bandcamp.com\/album\/true-north-ep\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bandcamp<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Words by Sarah Russell (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sarahbydesign\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>@sarahbydesign<\/span><\/a><span>)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hailing from Rochester, New York; local and unsigned 5 piece band, Alberto Alaska release 3 track EP, \u2018True North\u2019. It\u2019s a blend of echoing guitars, pounding drums and a rhythm you just can\u2019t avoid moving to. It delivers what you would expect from a post-rock alternative band, but perhaps not enough. Opening track \u2018Irene\u2019 starts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,8181],"tags":[13064,5879,150,12957],"class_list":["post-30162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-reviews","category-post","tag-alberto-alaska","tag-album-reviews","tag-music","tag-true-north"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Album Review: Alberto Alaska - True North EP - Already Heard Staging<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hailing from Rochester, New York; local and unsigned 5 piece band, Alberto Alaska release 3 track EP, \u2018True North\u2019. 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