vocals emerge, it feels like the band never left us.  You’re welcome to sink right back into your younger, former self and air drum the rest of the song away.  Yes, I said drum.  You can air guitar if you like, but the drums hit so hard here, that’s the way I’m going. Join me?

 

“Murder Me” plays out much like A Day to Remember’s “Have Faith In Me.”  It shows Finch’s softer side, but then picks up and catches you in a way that no other track on the album can – it’s the “slower-track sneak-attack!”

 

“Two Guns to the Temple” was the first single released for the record.  This song definitely pays homage to the style and sound of the tracks found on 2005’s Say Hello to Sunshine.  The line, “she prays the voices stop” will echo through you. You’ll end up praying this voice and these sounds never cease to reverberate in your bones.

 

The album winds down slowly with “Inferium” and softly with “New Wave.”  This isn’t something fans are used to from Finch.  On their previous albums, the final few tracks are the most guttural, hard-hitting offerings from their arsenal.  Let these two tracks hit you in a different way than you’re accustomed to, and enter a deeper, more intricate world of post hardcore. The vocals and guitars all seem to be searching for something more. Let them find it through you.

 

Finch has found a way to continue growing on the path paved by Say Hello to Sunshine while channeling their Magnum Opus that is What It Is To Burn.  To pull this off after such a long hiatus is something magical and nearly impossible, yet Finch does so perfectly.  Make sure you check out Finch on tour with Maps & Atlases and Weatherbox Sept. 30-Nov. 8!