It’s also clear in the softer moments of this record that Matty is not just a screamer, but he can really sing. Although dragging a little, it does bring a nice change of pace and shows the band’s versatility. A cool portion of this song is toward the end with the heavy screaming of “Remove the veil from your eyes!/We could move mountains if we only tried!” The band turns it down a notch with track “Speechless.” An atmospheric number that speaks of wanting to drop your defenses in order for true love to take root. A hard rocking tune that mixes some great drumming, with an inspiring chorus. The tune “Possibilities” is just that type. I’m always a sucker for a “change the world” type of song.
The bass drum on this record certainly has that metalcore feel. I plethora of instrumentation centered around the heavy guitar grooves and some serious drumming. As I said earlier, it can almost be described as symphonic. There certainly is a “full” sound to this record. Then the very next song “The Answer” provides the hope for this apparent hopeless situation: “I never would have found my way if I didn’t realize I was lost in the first place/Amazing grace how sweet the sound/I never could have picked myself up off the ground/Now I see it’s not about the things I’ve done/but what you’ve done in me./Now I see fear is irrelevant because you know my every need.” A nice interplay between these songs here, not only lyrically, but also through the composition of the music. You know this pain is not known from second-hand knowledge, but born of experience, as the following words express: “I live inside my poisoned mind/It leaves me paralyzed (it leaves me paralyzed)/My visions blurred/My words are slurred/I think I might, might die tonight.” I felt the themes on this record were very human, but also quite spiritual.įor example, You really feel the anguish and hurt in the tune “Sleepless Nights.” Dealing with Matty’s own battle with anxiety and depression. Lyrically, the songs really come to life with Matty Mullins’s sharp vocals and intense emotional delivery on the screams. Hard driving guitars bring the groove, while other musical elements like strings and some electronica parts that add a pleasing atmospheric feeling to the album. The entirety of the musical composition is extremely well thought out.
I guess I would describe it has hard/heavy rock with some metalcore interwoven throughout. It’s one of those moments you feel like giving yourself a swift kick in the rear.įor me, MMF’s sound is a little hard to put an exact label on. After I few songs, I knew that not getting my ears hooked up with this band before was a big mistake. So with a fresh perspective and a totally clean slate, I am throwing myself headlong into their newest release “Unconditional”. I just knew they seemed to be pretty popular, and I needed see what’s going on here. Not by choice really, just more happenstance, I guess. For some unknown reason, Memphis May Fire has been one of those bands that has escaped from my radar.
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