{"id":70420,"date":"2018-10-05T14:00:33","date_gmt":"2018-10-05T13:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=70420"},"modified":"2019-03-12T20:36:31","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T20:36:31","slug":"review-lee-corey-oswald-darkness-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-lee-corey-oswald-darkness-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Lee Corey Oswald &#8211; Darkness, Together"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-70421\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Darkness-Together-BY-Lee-Corey-Oswald-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Darkness,-Together by Lee-Corey-Oswald\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Darkness-Together-BY-Lee-Corey-Oswald-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Darkness-Together-BY-Lee-Corey-Oswald-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Darkness-Together-BY-Lee-Corey-Oswald-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Darkness-Together-BY-Lee-Corey-Oswald-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Darkness-Together-BY-Lee-Corey-Oswald-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Darkness-Together-BY-Lee-Corey-Oswald-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Darkness-Together-BY-Lee-Corey-Oswald-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Darkness-Together-BY-Lee-Corey-Oswald-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Darkness-Together-BY-Lee-Corey-Oswald.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Putting their unique folk-punk spin onto Weezer-esque power-pop, <strong>Lee Corey Oswald<\/strong> release their follow up to 2014\u2019s &#8216;Regards&#8217;. On<em> \u2018Darkness, Together\u2019<\/em>, the Pennsylvania natives continue their evolution, offering up a solid effort that in a just world would see them achieve greater recognition than they have thus far.<\/p>\n<p>It kicks off with the high-octane <em>\u2018Asbury Waters\u2019,<\/em> a distortion-heavy track which is an ideal way for the band to re-announce themselves. It\u2019s followed by the more melodic but still hard-hitting<em> \u2018Neighborhood\u2019<\/em> and <em>\u2018Ferris Wheel\u2019,<\/em> with barely any time to catch a breather. Following the relentless energy of the first three tracks comes <em>\u2018Mistaken\u2019.<\/em> One of the stand-out moments on the album, frontman Lee Ellis displays his vulnerable side as he sings <em>\u201cI\u2019d love to be your man\/But will you take a boy instead?\u201d<\/em> after which point the song kicks in for two minutes of impeccable pop-punk.<\/p>\n<p>The mid-section of the record is the strongest, with <em>\u2018Right Or Happy\u2019<\/em> packing a ferocious post-hardcore punch and the more stripped-down <em>\u2018Desperate\u2019<\/em> showcasing Ellis\u2019 vocal prowess. The grungy \u2018<em>Curse Words\u2019<\/em> begins with a compelling bass riff before the drums commence, while <em>\u2018Free Stuff\u2019<\/em> is surely destined to be a staple at live shows, with Ellis demanding <em>\u201cGet your hands up if you want free stuff\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Lee Corey Oswald - &quot;Ferris Wheel&quot; (Official Video)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VX7u9df_OT4?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018Head Over Heels\u2019<\/em> would not be out of place in the pop-punk scene of the 2000s; it\u2019s easy to imagine hordes of angsty teenagers scrawling <em>\u201cTrust is a double-edged sword\u201d<\/em> on their Converse in black Sharpie. In contrast, the folk-punk of album closer <em>\u2018Darkness, Together\u2019<\/em> offers respite after the previous frenetic 25 minutes. It is a fitting way to culminate the record.<\/p>\n<p>A wholly impressive showing \u2013 on the basis of <em>\u2018Darkness, Together\u2019<\/em> and its effective amalgamation of multiple sub-genres, it seems evident that the only way is up for <strong>Lee Corey Oswald<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>4\/5<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018Darkness, Together\u2019<\/em> by <strong>Lee Corey Oswald<\/strong> is released on 12th October on <strong>A-F Records<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lee Corey Oswald\u00a0<\/strong>links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LeeCoreyOswald\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/leecoreyoswald\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/leecoreyoswald.bandcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bandcamp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words by\u00a0Adam England.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;&#8216;\u2018Darkness, Together\u2019&#8217; is an effective amalgamation of multiple sub-genres.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":70421,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[1239,16012,16011,16010],"class_list":["post-70420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-album-reviews","tag-a-f-records","tag-adam-england","tag-darkness-together","tag-lee-corey-oswald"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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