{"id":6167,"date":"2016-02-23T11:00:25","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T11:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-the-colour-line-the-long-awaited\/"},"modified":"2016-02-23T11:00:25","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T11:00:25","slug":"album-review-the-colour-line-the-long-awaited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-the-colour-line-the-long-awaited\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review:\u00a0The Colour Line –\u00a0The Long Awaited Sea of Approval EP"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n
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The common phrase \u201conce you\u2019ve heard one, you\u2019ve heard them all\u201d seems all too apt with many up-and-coming hardcore acts. However, technical hardcore\/mathcore four-piece The Colour Line<\/b> are hoping to see these relations decimate through ‘The Long Awaited Sea of Approval.’<\/i><\/p>\n

Opener ‘E = MC Hammered’<\/i> begins with a false sense of calmness. Coining the illustrious drum opener of Led Zeppelin\u2019s ‘Rock n Roll’, all alarms are consequently triggered and The Colour Line are in full-effect. ‘Ire Works’ era Dillinger Escape Plan-inspired riffery emasculates proceedings with jolted and hectic rhythms all tightly and sophisticatedly mangled together. With influences that show off both metal trend-setters and successors, the track contains both legato chromatic guitar leads and Van Halen-esque guitar solos that are all delivered completely effortlessly.<\/p>\n

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Lead single ‘The Streisand Effect’<\/i> exposes relations to the hardcore aspects of The Fall of Troy and The Chariot, welcoming different sides to the same coin. Multi-faceted in many parts, The Colour Line\u2019s<\/b> tracks never forge uninspired trickery, and often build their own tracks on influences that are hard to pin down. It\u2019s exciting to hear in a DIY culture that is so focused on the familiar and less so on the new to see an artist being as unequivocally hard-to-pin-down as this one.<\/p>\n

However, ‘R.E.D’<\/i> is disappointingly almost pop punk, with clean and nonetheless refreshing vocals that are weak and wobble uncomfortably over the verse. Likewise, ‘Usama\u2019s Bin Liners’<\/i> outro vocals are odd, giving a Metallica vibe that seems sadly out of place. It\u2019s a shame, because instrumentally the other members deliver some really solid performances.<\/p>\n

Overall, ‘The Long Awaited Sea of Approval’<\/i> is great. It\u2019s far from perfect, but its highlights are so undeniably brilliant that the misses are easy to forget. For the most part, The Colour Line<\/b> really succeed at what they\u2019re trying to do. And, with a little refinement, Hull\u2019s most unique mathcore act might end up becoming a modern hardcore behemoth.<\/p>\n

3.5\/5<\/p>\n

‘The Long Awaited Seal Of Disapproval’<\/i> EP by The Colour Line<\/b> is released on February 26th on Basick Records<\/b>.<\/p>\n

The Colour Line<\/b> links: Facebook<\/a>|Twitter<\/a>|Tumblr<\/a>|Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n

Words by Joshua Hall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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