{"id":7568,"date":"2015-09-08T15:51:54","date_gmt":"2015-09-08T15:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-stories-the-youth-to-become\/"},"modified":"2015-09-08T15:51:54","modified_gmt":"2015-09-08T15:51:54","slug":"album-review-stories-the-youth-to-become","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-stories-the-youth-to-become\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Stories &#8211; The Youth To Become"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/78.media.tumblr.com\/8740e1bb5d3307fcac404106e6fc6010\/tumblr_nubez9F4x01r8no6so2_540.jpg\" width=\"250\" alt=\"Stories - The Youth to Become\" title=\"\">If <b>Stories<\/b>\u2019 debut holds the key to <i>\u2018The Youth to Become\u2019<\/i>, then while it may sound brutal at times, there\u2019s a little too much copy-and-pasting going on.<\/figure>\n<p>Rules are made to be broken. Metalcore\u2019s been chomping at the bit for far too long, sticking itself on the never-ending airport carousel only to then question where it was going in the first place. Enter Sydney\u2019s angry quintet <b>Stories<\/b>, charged to the brim with the influences of their metalcore colleagues, wading through the ocean of same-old and almost drowning in it as a consequence.<!-- more --><\/p>\n<p>From the lulling opener of <i>\u2018State of Intermittence\u2019<\/i>, <b>Stories<\/b> immediately bark back a statement of chaotic intent, but soon the echoing and atmospheric opening notes lose their novelty. Rage bubbles under the surface in <i>\u2018A False Sense of Security\u2019<\/i> and <i>\u2018Highwater\u2019<\/i>, but often fails to reach its boiling point, courting echoes of Bring Me The Horizon\u2019s brand of vengeance instead of using their evident talent to innovate a new path.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p><i>\u201cThis room is making me nauseous,\u201d<\/i> screams out the energised first half of <i>\u2018For a Second\u2026 I Couldn\u2019t See a Thing\u2019<\/i> before abruptly descending into what can only be described as the aural representation of boredom. Unfortunately, their greyscale repetition of metalcore stereotypes emerge all too obviously, namely the Architects dupe <i>\u2018The Golden Thread\u2019<\/i> followed by a more brazen copy in <i>\u2018Under Haze\u2019<\/i>\u2019s line <i>\u201cwe are all lost together.\u201d<\/i> On top of that, the album could well do without snore-fests <i>\u2018Shadow Window\u2019<\/i> and <i>\u2018One-hundred Percent Grey\u2019<\/i> which distance their talent behind a mire of pretty pointless instrumentals.<\/p>\n<p>That being said, there are a number of moments where frontman Morgan Dodson\u2018s fundamental devastation lurking behind every note leap-frogs over the competition. The larger-than-life heartbreak of <i>\u2018Alone in the Fallout\u2019<\/i> stands proud as an album highlight, introducing its deep reflection to a centrifugal lyrical devastation to create a welcome concoction of vocal vitriol and instrumental heaviness. The venomous and driven <i>\u2018Zuko\u2019<\/i> comes a close second, commanding attention with a natural authority known only to the serious screaming contenders in the business.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a shame <b>Stories<\/b> haven\u2019t made a spectacular tidal wave with this debut album, especially when it\u2019s evident they have plenty of potential gasping for air under the weight of their predecessors. <i>\u2018The Youth to Become\u2019<\/i> is largely a decent showcase of their talent, but there\u2019s a lot more due from them in the years to come.<\/p>\n<p>3\/5<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2019The Youth to Become\u2019<\/em> by <strong>Stories<\/strong> is out now on <strong>UNFD<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stories<\/strong> links: <a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/storiesaus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>|<a href=\"http:\/\/storiesaus.bandcamp.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bandcamp<\/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>If Stories\u2019 debut holds the key to \u2018The Youth to Become\u2019, then while it may sound brutal at times, there\u2019s a little too much copy-and-pasting going on. 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