Tomorrow, or rather today, is going to be a long one. I have to be up in six hours to write about some celebrity gossip so I can save up some money to pay the student loan that got me a degree that’s gotten me nowhere but two hours from the town I grew up in. That’s a statement that’d make most people feel a certain level of rage, but I’m trying to complain less about my life because I’ve noticed how annoying it is when others do it continuously. Instead of fighting over who’s got it worse, let’s chat about The Saddest Landscape’s Exit Wounded. Now I’m sure if we went up against them in who was more pissed, they’d win. While I couldn’t make out most of the lyrics, they sounded mad enough to win an argument.
I was taken back to high school for a split second when I was draped in The Used shirts when “Coffins Like Ours” began. The start reminded me of something from The Used, but then it took on this horror movie tone. I felt like I was in the middle of The Purge and Ethan Hawke was not going to bail me out (spoiler alert!). That might’ve been the first song I mentioned, but that’s not because I’d recommend it if given the task. I’d give my Ebert thumbs of approval to “Those Yet Lived” and “Redefining Loneliness.”
Another pop culture reference, but “Those Yet Lived” reminded me of Bambi. Here me out, it started off serene and then shit got real fast; the music was deer reacting to the outside world. Then there was the other that let the music speak louder than words. “Redefining Loneliness” seemed to go through the different levels and emotions of solitude with music and then it ended with lyrics that were again, not really understood by my ears.
The Saddest Landscape steered my mind towards an abundance of pop culture references, so much so you’d think it was a special edition of Trivial Pursuit. For me the music was the core of this album because being that it was a page out screamo book, I couldn’t get firm hold on what was being sung. The Saddest Landscape is for those who take the time to appreciate bands like We Were Skeletons and Pianos Become Teeth. The scream-riffic Exit Wounded is out now via Topshelf Records.
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