Blindside, The Great Depression

The Great Depression - Blindside. After listening to this album I am amazed how Blindside has progressed through the years. The Great Depression is by far the most experimental album they have released. The title piece is a "Haunted," an alienated spoken/instrumental piece that kept my attention and kept me wanting more of the album. By track two I was truly hooked, and by track five I had goosebumps. Track two is post-grunge, face-melting rock breaking into the cooing voice of the lead singer Christian Lindskog as he lulls you in, catches you, and throws a beautiful, blood curdling scream into your face. Melodic and hardcore is how I would describe most of the album, with Christian Lindskog keeping the perfect balance of the two elements. Rhythmic bass, rock drums, versatile guitar and out of this world vocals flood your body while the changes in tempo and tone keep you entranced. The sound of the music has matured from their first album, Blindside, and they now have a much cleaner, purer sound to their music, with much better musical harmony between the instruments, and in my opinion, the sound as a whole is just overall better.

I enjoy this album because of how much it carries me into the music. I can get lost in the lyrics, vocals, bass, guitar and drums. The Great Depression is a great album, and I can't wait for the 2010 release of their first new album in a few years, whose release date is to be announced.