{"id":80501,"date":"2019-06-04T17:00:31","date_gmt":"2019-06-04T16:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=80501"},"modified":"2023-04-07T14:18:21","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T13:18:21","slug":"review-as-cities-burn-scream-through-the-walls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-as-cities-burn-scream-through-the-walls\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: As Cities Burn \u2013 Scream Through The Walls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-80503\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/As-Cities-Burn_ScreamThroughTheWalls_Cover-Compressed-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/As-Cities-Burn_ScreamThroughTheWalls_Cover-Compressed-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/As-Cities-Burn_ScreamThroughTheWalls_Cover-Compressed-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/As-Cities-Burn_ScreamThroughTheWalls_Cover-Compressed.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><strong>As Cities Burn<\/strong> split up ten years ago. They returned as a touring band and welcomed back original screaming vocalist TJ Bonnette. Having settled with this line-up, they have finally created new music. \u2018<em>Scream Through The Walls<\/em>\u2019 is a chance to reinvent themselves. For the most part, it succeeds.<\/p>\n<p>After ending their first tenure with progressive rock albums, the band has been forced to step back in order to push forward. The music here is angular, awkward and unflinching. Hence, you\u2019re never given an easy ride, but its variety can be rewarding. With their roots in the mid-2000s screamo scene, it&#8217;s no surprise the songs are free-form with no real choruses. Instead, Cody Bonnette scatters melodic hooks around like shards of diamond. They catch you out and keep you interested. Mostly, it works well.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"As Cities Burn &quot;Chains&quot; (Official Music Video)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qIzPrKTxrJ8?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>The band wastes no time in reacquainting you with TJ Bonnette\u2019s angsty yell, but \u2018<em>Live Convinced<\/em>\u2019 struggles to ground itself. It doesn\u2019t drive hard enough to support what he\u2019s doing and the background noodlings feel disjointed. Thankfully, the song-writing is so varied he fares far better elsewhere. \u2018<em>Bright White Light<\/em>\u2019 and \u2018<em>Maybe<\/em>\u2019 feel like classic screamo tracks because the duelling guitars and vocals are so effective.<\/p>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, the album\u2019s most accessible songs were chosen as singles. Yet, even \u2018<em>Chains<\/em>\u2019 starts uncomfortably, but by evolving throughout its runtime maintains a real sense of fun, without having to resort to a chorus. \u2018<em>2020 AD<\/em>\u2019 also flirts with big melodic parts to real effect. However, at its best \u2018<em>Hollowed Out<\/em>\u2019 is audacious while streamlining a tonne of great ideas. Sadly \u2018<em>Venture<\/em>\u2019 never finds what it\u2019s supposed to be. It ends up as a mishmash of parts and even grafting on a gang-chant just can\u2019t save it.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018<em>Scream Through The Walls<\/em>\u2019 is a challenging melting pot of ideas. When it knows what it wants to be it\u2019s adventurous, coherent and interesting, but parts of it could have done with stewing a little longer.<\/p>\n<p>3\/5<\/p>\n<p>\u2018<em>Scream Through The Walls<\/em>\u2019 by <strong>As Cities Burn<\/strong> is released on 7th June on <strong>Equal Vision Records<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>As Cities Burn<\/strong> links: <a href=\"http:\/\/ascitiesburn.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a> |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ascitiesburn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ACBband\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ascitiesburn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words by Ian Kenworthy (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhisperingSand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@WhisperingSand<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;\u2018Scream Through The Walls\u2019 is a challenging melting pot of ideas&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":83695,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[5879,17078,359,15621,17079],"class_list":["post-80501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-album-reviews","tag-album-reviews","tag-as-cities-burn","tag-equal-vision-records","tag-ian-kenworthy","tag-scream-through-the-walls"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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