{"id":5721,"date":"2016-04-07T14:15:21","date_gmt":"2016-04-07T14:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-sleeping-with-sirens-live-and\/"},"modified":"2016-04-07T14:15:21","modified_gmt":"2016-04-07T14:15:21","slug":"album-review-sleeping-with-sirens-live-and","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-sleeping-with-sirens-live-and\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Sleeping With Sirens &#8211; Live and Unplugged"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure class=\"tmblr-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/78.media.tumblr.com\/2fdbccc5792e68e435e3711d361d3fcb\/tumblr_o57z33hOvx1r8no6so1_540.jpg\" width=\"250em\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p><i>\u2018Live and Unplugged\u2019<\/i>, <b>Sleeping With Sirens<\/b> are surprisingly tight and perfectly suited to a raw arrangement.<\/p>\n<p>One of the most common criticisms levelled at the Florida pop punks is their reliance on overproduction. In dispelling this, their recordings of intimate shows last summer expose a daintier aspect to their usual urgency.<\/p>\n<p>From the onset, frontman Kellin Quinn\u2019s angelic tones adapt deftly to <i>\u2018With Ears to See and Eyes to Hear\u2019<\/i>, with confidence in swathes and a smooth transition of the faster midsection that could\u2019ve easily lost its passion behind an acoustic. There\u2019s far more authentic top notes abound through <i>\u2018If I\u2019m James Dean, You\u2019re Audrey Hepburn\u2019<\/i>, adding heaps of atmosphere to the acoustic adaptation.<!-- more --><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The mistake-rending <i>\u2018Gold\u2019<\/i> proves a perfect vehicle to showcase their instrumental talent that\u2019s often concealed behind layer after layer of production. Kellin even notes that their groove-laden cover of Sublime\u2019s <i>\u2018Santeria\u2019<\/i> has been a challenge for bassist Justin Hills, but the struggle\u2019s certainly inaudible over their coherent composition.<\/p>\n<p>The solidarity amid <i>\u2018The Strays\u2019<\/i> conveys the intimate setting with crowd feedback, while fan favourite <i>\u2018Free Now\u2019<\/i> belts its ode to fatherhood with a drawn-out chorus that replaces its original impatience with soft conviction. Similarly, <i>\u2018Who Are You Now\u2019<\/i> and its melodic crowd connection match the heartfelt <i>\u2018Save Me A Spark\u2019<\/i>, but it\u2019s the soulful cover of Goo Goo Dolls\u2019 <i>\u2018Iris\u2019<\/i> that steals the show for sentiment.<\/p>\n<p>Closing on their most powerful anthem to ignorance, <i>\u2018If You Can\u2019t Hang\u2019<\/i> remains as critical and punchy as ever, compounded by Kellin\u2019s impressive range and an instrumental intricacy that shows they\u2019ve desperately needed this opportunity to prove their worth.<\/p>\n<p>Exhibited by crisp recording quality and a clearly meticulous acoustic arrangement, <i>\u2018Live and Unplugged\u2019<\/i> is an impressive saunter through their back catalogue that\u2019s as much of a memorial to <b>Sleeping with Sirens\u2019<\/b> talents as to their astute audience.<\/p>\n<p>4\/5<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2019Live and Unplugged\u2019<\/em> by <strong>Sleeping With Sirens<\/strong> is released on  April 8th on <strong>Epitaph Records<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sleeping With Sirens<\/strong> links: <a href=\"http:\/\/sleepingwithsirens.net\/%E2%80%9C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a>|<a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/sleepingwithsirens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>|<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/SWStheband\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words by Ali Cooper (<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/AliZombie_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@AliZombie_<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Live and Unplugged\u2019, Sleeping With Sirens are surprisingly tight and perfectly suited to a raw arrangement. 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