SENSES FAIL
From the Depths of Dreams (Drive-Thru Records)
Reviewed by Holly Day

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Once again, here's another band that proves that it's just too hard to move within the "emo" genre without sounding like about a hundred other bands. Which is too bad, because if I hadn't heard those hundred other bands already, I'd probably like this a lot. As it is, though, the music on this comes off as practically formulaic: here's where the multi-layered multiple-voiced chorus goes, here's where the instrumental section goes, here's where the music slows down, here's where it speeds up, and here's where it takes a dramatic pause. Like I said, it's a nice record, but I've heard it all so many times that I just can't keep from thinking it's one of a hundred other similar records I've heard over the past year.

© 2004 - Holly Day