It’s still pretty early in the day since I woke up only two hours before these words started forming from my thoughts. I got a late start today, and while I wanted to just forget I had a blog because of the pounding headache and back pain that left me in tears for a half hour, I marched on to listen to Counterparts The Difference Between Hell and Home. Their metalcore ways weren’t the best prescription for my aches and pains, but definitely fitting for a day where I was pissed at the world; so basically any other day.
When dealing with music that’s not likely found in your personal possession, it can run the risk of all sounding the same. Every song is just like the one before it and seriously like the one that follows. That’s what I felt like with The Difference Between Hell and Home. I was lost and didn’t know when songs like “Lost” started and “Ghost” began. For those who like consistency in sound, especially metal blended with hardcore, then this is a positive aspect. For those who like things shaken up, move along. The only song that ever really made an impression was “Outlier;” “I am what I am and I am an outcast” was my favorite line of the record.
Speaking of, I will give credit when’s credit’s due and say that Counterparts is one of the first bands to in their genre that I could actually understand 95% of the time. Other than my outcast song, that was my favorite thing about the record. Maybe when my headache ceases I’ll head back and take another listen.
After this I plan to medicate and write a little more before crashing, but I want to advise those into bands like Northlane and Resist The Thought to check out Counterparts. Metalcore fans will be happy with what they hear on The Difference Between Hell and Home, out July 23 on Victory Records.
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