08MarchReviews

There Came A Lion
Ivoryline

Between the lyrics on There Came A Lion,
and the wild ink blots that garnish the CD
booklet, I just have one question what broad
fucked Jeremy up? Ivoryline front man
croons about everything from awkwardness,
isolation, heartbreak and acceptance. Sounds
pretty simplistic right? Anything but, There
Came A Lion has more mood swings than
your mom during menopause. Shifting
quickly from mood to mood, with the
opening track “Days End“, We Should
Scream Thank You/ with every waking
breath/ And cry mercy, mercy at every
day’s end/ yet we remain quiet and
comfortable/ In our A to B lives. The mood
swings even shift in mid song like on “We
Both Know” We both know you can’t plan/
Something as real as this/ It takes more than
plans to feel like this/ If only we could know
what we were getting into/ I am everything
that you’re not/ And it’s exactly what you
want.
In a day and age of translucent lyrically
content. There is more of a concentration on
hooks in chord progression and what is radio
friendly. The lyrics on There Came A Lion
are just lost in the translation. The lyrics are
blunt enough but they are easily looked over
by the redundancy of the music of There
Came A Lion. Unfortunately we have all
heard this song before

The Way We Talk
The Maine

I have never watched The OC, but I bet it’s
something like The Way We Talk, well
before they killed off Mischa Barton, and
that kid who looks like a young Russell
Crow carried her in his arms (I swear that I
have never watched it! Scouts honor.). See,
It’s something that you may enjoy, but you’
ll die before you let anyone know that.
I’m assuming that this is what the Fray
sounding like before they polished their
sound to a science, and well way before they
were played on every god damn Scrubs
episode, ever made, but which is a good
thing because some things are best in sport
spurts. As is the new 5 song EP, The Way
We Talk from The Maine. The Way We
Talk is a perfect 18 minute EP that is just
long enough for every song to get stuck in
your head, but not long enough for you
scream until your face turns purple and
make you attempt to set your car stereo on
fire. To no surprise every song is about a
girl, this one of those records that you will
listen to in secrecy and never let anyone
know, not even a significant other.

Three Legs of Trouble
Stonerider

If I was going to make a southern rock milk
shake I would throw in equal parts The Black
Crows, Lynard Skynard, Allman Brothers and
Jack Daniels, the end result would be
Stonerider. Stonerider’s Trustkill debut is
furiously underrated, even if they have been
called the band to watch in 2008 by Metal
Hammer Magazine. Vocalist Matt Tanner
resembles a young Chris Robinson on tracks
like Rush Hour, Baby and Wild Child. Tanner
is backed by lead guitarist Neil Warren who
would be a rival to a young Slash. With
memorable solos, that will not easily be
forgotten on songs like Back From the Dead,
and Bad Lovin’ Never Felt So Good .
Three Legs of Trouble is hook ridden from the
get go, won’t let up for the next 45 minutes.
This is the just the beginning for this Atlanta,
Georgia quartet considering that not one song
on Three Legs of Trouble is longer than 4 and
a half minutes, making the songs perfect for
radio not to mention their infectious choruses
that will be stuck with your for days on end,
driving you insane to the point of delirium,
until you give them a second listen, be warned
Stonerider with ride again.