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There
are a lot of things going wrong here. As a matter of
fact, every time I try to think of something positive to
say about this Finnish band I struggle. And that’s not
because of a lack of talent. Based on these songs I
actually can’t figure out if there is any. The issue here
is that Revengine sounds green, unprepared, maybe even a
little bit unrehearsed. Their songs sound hectic and sloppy
in all the wrong ways. The music sounds like the stuff
of first graders, to a degree, childish and slightly
retarded. By the time I got to the fifth song “Die For
You” I could barely stomach it. The writing is beyond
poor. The connection between instruments is at times
awkward, with the drummer presenting one of the most
laughable displays of skills ever put to CD. It’s pretty
clear that this band is lacking in all fronts, so why
even bother?
What’s most
aggravating about Plan Your Escape is the melodies. They are
accessible, in a very irritating radio friendly way, but they
aren’t worked to the extent that they should. In other words,
these melodies aren’t slick, they are half assed. Had these
songs received better treatment or even been developed to the
point of completion they
could compete with the shitty and simplistic arrangements of
bands like Creed or whoever is booming in radio these days.
Yikes, indeed. But instead, the music of Revengine can’t compete
with the Christian overtones of anyone because Plan Your Escape
is downright amateurish. This is a clear
example of the band that jumped to the studio way ahead of its
time.
And what
about the vocals? Guitarist vocalist Antti Jokiranta has an
everyman voice. Not bad really, just very ordinary and mundane,
but there are other voices too. One in particular is quite
annoying. It’s present in the first song “Given It All” and
sounds like someone is actually mocking the band by repeating
lines like ‘try to make it last’ in this utterly retarded inward
voice. The lyrics have some clear Christian overtones. My
opinion is they should ask the Lord or Jesus or whoever to give
them a hand. They need it bad.
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