{"id":33451,"date":"2012-07-09T11:49:03","date_gmt":"2012-07-09T11:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-landscapes-life-gone-wrong\/"},"modified":"2025-08-31T21:32:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T20:32:50","slug":"album-review-landscapes-life-gone-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-landscapes-life-gone-wrong\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Landscapes &#8211; Life Gone Wrong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"western\"><span><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" height=\"107\" src=\"http:\/\/imageshack.us\/a\/img853\/7963\/landscapes.jpg\" width=\"150\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">Hardcore punk isn\u2019t what it used to be. Long gone the times when the snare ruled with its hasty, near-constant beat, ruled by the dominating, politically-charged lyrics of a raging throat. The genre\u2019s evolution, most notably with the incorporation of notions stemming from emo\u2019s trademark sound from the 90\u2019s, has brought about subtle variations in the range of emotions communicated lyrically, vocally and instrumentally within the genre\u2019s signature aggressiveness and a more eloquent musical grammar, consequently opening songwriting possibilities by refusing to resort to a unique set of conventions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><strong>Landscapes<\/strong>\u2019 debut album<em> \u2018Life Gone Wrong\u2019<\/em> is the bright result of a UK-version of these welcome changes (in the United States the alterations are rooted somewhat earlier in time, see the tremendous albums of Defeater). As one would expect, for the most part, Landscapes deliver the fragile balance between crashing rhythm guitars and the clean melodies of the leads, fired along by the haunting pounding of the drums in the vein of many a hardcore punk band.<em> \u2018Cemetary\u2019, \u2018No Love\u2019 and \u2018Epilogy\u2019<\/em> are particularly strong examples of that aspect of their style, with the second arguably the selection\u2019s lyrical highlight. Unwavering, packing a punch with melodic veins, they should (and will certainly) always constitute the backbone of such a band.<!-- more --><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Yet then, at the album\u2019s halfway mark, the band really turn up with some, quite simply, sensational stuff. <em>\u2018Providence\u2019<\/em> atmospheric opening gives way to echoey licks and thumping drums, with Shauny Milton\u2019s a focal point here as he drones through an unlikely climax and closes a fine track. <em>\u2018Forgiveness\u2019<\/em> crawls into even darker territory with the sparse, cold arrangement giving the instrumental track (but for a well-chosen emotional soundbite from Aronosfky\u2019s <em>\u2018The Wrestler\u2019<\/em>) a surprisingly eerie quality. The track even benefits from the contrastupheld \u00a0by the placing of <em>\u2018Epilogy\u2019<\/em> immediately afterwards, as both showcase intensity in very different ways.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">As a closer, <em>\u2018Paradox\u2019<\/em> is a perfect choice since its own division between the aggressive side of hardcore punk and its more thoughtful and inwards emanations echoes the similar structure of the album. <em>\u2018Life Gone Wrong\u2019<\/em> is a very strong debut in which Landscapes display an effortless versatility that doesn\u2019t compromise the focus and identity of the album as a whole. If anything, it is an acknowledgment of the positive changes they\u2019ve made since their 2010 EP <em>\u2018Reminiscence\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">4\/5<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><em>&lsquo;Life Gone Wrong&rsquo;<\/em> by <strong>Landscapes<\/strong> is available now on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/cityofgoldrecords.bigcartel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">City of Gold Records<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Landscapes links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LANDSCAPESUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>|<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/LANDSCAPESUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>|<a href=\"http:\/\/landscapesuk.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tumblr<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Words by James Berclaz-Lewis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hardcore punk isn\u2019t what it used to be. 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