The Dillinger Escape Plan (albums, volume, band, songs)

lucifer_sam · 05-27-2009, 12:03 PM

i should hate this band.

they went from something really interesting to a Mike Patton-worshipping fellatory group with little to separate themselves from the next math rock band except a name indebted to alt rock. even worse, they finally get a new singer and he's a carbon copy of the ex-FNM frontman. what's to like about them?

well, for starters, three amazing records in ten years. the chaotic nature of the material somehow works, and Ire Works may be one of my favorite records. absolutely superb band capable of crafting immense songwriting structures and juggling insane polyrhythms. they don't adhere to any specific genre and quite often work around all pre-conceived notions of what conventional songwriting should be.

i should hate this band, but i can't. they're too good.

05-27-2009, 12:03 PM	#11 (permalink)
lucifer_sam Unrepentant Ass-Mod Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 3,921	i should hate this band. they went from something really interesting to a Mike Patton-worshipping fellatory group with little to separate themselves from the next math rock band except a name indebted to alt rock. even worse, they finally get a new singer and he's a carbon copy of the ex-FNM frontman. what's to like about them? well, for starters, three amazing records in ten years. the chaotic nature of the material somehow works, and Ire Works may be one of my favorite records. absolutely superb band capable of crafting immense songwriting structures and juggling insane polyrhythms. they don't adhere to any specific genre and quite often work around all pre-conceived notions of what conventional songwriting should be. i should hate this band, but i can't. they're too good. __________________ first.am