{"id":32650,"date":"2012-10-18T11:30:05","date_gmt":"2012-10-18T11:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-troubled-coast-awake-and-empty\/"},"modified":"2018-03-21T22:03:32","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T22:03:32","slug":"album-review-troubled-coast-awake-and-empty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-troubled-coast-awake-and-empty\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Troubled Coast – Awake and Empty"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"After having Troubled Coast<\/strong>’s third full-length ‘Awake and Empty’<\/em> on repeat for a few days, I’m still struggling to compare them to other bands within the “scene.” If I was to compare the East Bay, California to anyone I would call them a cross between Balance and Composure, Thursday and (strangely) Underoath.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless Troubled Coast<\/strong> have kept the momentum from late last year’s ‘I\u2019ve Been Thinking About Leaving You’<\/em> and\u00a0thoroughly applies it to ‘Awake and Empty’<\/em> with the end result being a raw, passionate, and angst-filled post-hardcore record. From the start the powerful ‘Brother’<\/em> sets the tone with ringing guitars,\u00a0aggressive\u00a0vocals from\u00a0Mike Scornaienchi which roar through pounding drums whilst subtle harmonies from Cory Bardwell providing a melodic backbone.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Throughout ‘Awake and Empty’<\/em> the bands sound is more fuller and take advantage of the crisp production, allowing early tracks like ‘Winter’<\/em> and ‘Confidence’<\/em> to thrive. Whilst ‘1967’<\/em> and ‘Northwest’<\/em> highlights the bands intensity with a mix of scream and clean vocals from\u00a0Scornaienchi and Bardwell, it’s a favourable dynamic that suits the bands style well.<\/p>\n

On ‘Twenty’<\/em> the bands lyrical sense of desperation through isolation comes to\u00a0fruition, as the bands\u00a0instrumentation\u00a0falls into the background allowing Scornaienchi’s words to be highlighted. The same happens even more so on final track ‘Lonely States;’<\/em> “If this is the end then I\u2019m no longer afraid.”<\/em><\/p>\n

The downfall of ‘Awake and Empty’<\/em> is that at times the bands\u00a0boisterous\u00a0sound lacks variation and after a few listens it all slightly falls into one. Nevertheless w<\/span>ith an intense collection of bitter, (slightly) dark and introspective songs, Troubled Coast<\/strong> have produced a confident, thoughtful record that both at times\u00a0imitates their peers with gratitude and\u00a0simultaneously develop their own sound and leave their mark within the post-hardcore genre.\u00a0On top of that, the bands flowing song-writing gives Troubled Coast<\/strong> a strong momentum throughout and deserves all the credit it gets.\u00a0<\/p>\n

3.5\/5<\/p>\n

‘Awake and Empty’<\/em> by Troubled Coast<\/strong> is available now on Pure Noise Records<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Troubled Coast<\/strong> links:\u00a0Facebook<\/a>|Twitter<\/a>|Bandcamp<\/a>|Big Cartel<\/a><\/p>\n

Words by Sean Reid (@SeanReid86<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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