{"id":4916,"date":"2016-08-15T14:36:28","date_gmt":"2016-08-15T14:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-bayside-vacancy\/"},"modified":"2016-08-15T14:36:28","modified_gmt":"2016-08-15T14:36:28","slug":"album-review-bayside-vacancy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-bayside-vacancy\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Bayside – Vacancy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bayside<\/b> are back and this time it\u2019s a big one. \u2019Vacancy\u2019<\/i> is a pleasing compilation of delightfully complex tracks that bleeds emotion and features the odd solid guitar solo.<\/p>\n

Opening track \u2019Two Letters\u2019<\/i> is packed with intricate riffs and laments a difficulty to let go of the past. Lyrically, this track shines bright as hell: \u201cI\u2019m not so good with tenses \/ I\u2019m tensing up thinking about what I\u2019m supposed to call you now.\u201d<\/i> \u2019I\u2019ve Been Dead All Day\u2019<\/i> is a super fun one for its tight vocals that border on theatrical, and \u2019Pretty Vacant\u2019<\/i> too for the maze-like riffs intertwined with the strong \u2013 and not to mention extremely catchy – vocals. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u2019Enemy Lines\u2019<\/i> is a faster, meaner track that evokes a bold sense of self-righteousness. It does this both lyrically, using military related metaphors – \u201cI am the last of my kind \/ just a yank in southern battlefields [..] But a good soldier marches on \/
\nknowing the worst may be still yet to come\u201d <\/i> \u2013 and musically in the rigid, solid guitar parts.\u2019Not Fair\u2019<\/i> and \u2019Rumspringa (Heartbreak Road)\u2019<\/i> both feature solid harmonies but the latter wins with the staggered, varied musical parts and the insane solo around two thirds in. \u2019Mary\u2019<\/i> is another solid track featuring a quick solo and is otherwise more chilled, drawing focus to the narrative lyricism.<\/p>\n

\u2019The Ghost\u2019<\/i> is a great track for a summer road trip thanks to its progressive feel and refreshing vocals. Final track \u2019It\u2019s Not As Depressing As it Sounds\u2019<\/i> has deeply interesting lyrics, beginning with a way slower, calmer tone, then building up to round off the album perfectly.<\/p>\n

\u2018Vacancy\u2019<\/i> is a well-executed set of tracks that are each easily approachable, for both die-hard fans as well as those who are new to Bayside<\/b>. <\/p>\n

4\/5<\/p>\n

\u2019Vacancy\u2019<\/i> by Bayside<\/b> is released on 19th August on Hopeless Records<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Bayside<\/b> links: Website<\/a>|Facebook<\/a>|Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n

Words by Lucy Jones (@loo_say9<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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