[.ca] Slow Motion Riot

Their Best One Yet:
This CD is awesome. From begining to end it combines meaningful lyrics with intense music. Bring this CD into the weight room and you can guarantee results, forget steriods, all you need is 98 Mute.

It isn't bad:
This is an Ok album. One thing you can say about it is that a lot of the songs sound a little to much alike. This music isn't bad if you like punk but it can get you a little wanting some variety. Each song has good lyrics to go with it so that is a plus. And each song has a good length. This album is pretty good but it leaves a little to be desired. Buy it if you like Pennywise.

Eh.:
This band has had an unavoidable knack for growing on me. Their first two albums I at first didn't enjoy all that much. But after repeat listens, I really got into their west coast hardcore style, and the singer's unique voice. As for this album, I can't say the same, totally. Their style has changed from their west coast hardcore style to more of a mixture of H2O, AFI, and Pennywise \owhich to me is no good, because I only like H2O out of those 3\c. 98 Mute has made the jump to Epitaph and with that comes a bigger budget \oI'm assuming\c and a better producer in Fletcher from Pennywise. This is one of those instances where you wish they DIDN'T have a good producer. He makes the vocals sound too clean for my tastes, and they sound more generic then they used to. The music sounds a bit more bland and quieter, also, and the album seems to have a lack of energy that was displayed in their first two releases on Theologian. Overall, this isn't too bad of an album, and it's nice to see a good band like this get a little more exposure via Epitaph, but if you really want to check these guys out, pick up "Class Of '98" by them, it will rock your lily white ass.

• Slow Motion Riot
• Could This Be
• Hit You Back
• Fight of Your Life
• If We Quit
• Send in the Clowns
• Survive
• Judge and Jury
• Crack
• Simpler Days
• Never Forget
• You Can't Lose
• Count on Me
• Wounds
• It's Your Move