Louder Now
- Taking Back Sunday
- Band Name: Taking Back Sunday
- Record Label: Warner Bros.
- Release Date: Apr 25, 2006
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Louder Now justifies its name thanks to a chunkier array of riffs and choruses. [28 Apr 2006, p.135]
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80The combination of titanic chunk-chunk riffs, sleek lead guitar, and radio-ready harmonizing comes across as heroic. [Jun 2006, p.82]
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Taking Back Sunday should be commended, not for just choosing not to rehash their older work, but for truly trying to branch out artistically--and succeeding most of the time. [May 2006, p.155]
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Even if Louder Now brings the mosh-pit fun ready to be embraced by new and old fans alike, an attempt to push themselves further would be more than welcomed.
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A turbocharged attack spiked with dark, catchy melodies and giant choruses.
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A few of the songs and stanzas are overpacked, but the bigger sound generally works. [24 Apr 2006]
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While the "darker follow-up to the breakthrough album" angle was an unavoidable cliché for Louder Now, Taking Back Sunday does their part by giving the more aggressive workouts a stronger sense of purpose.
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Alas, it tails off towards the end, and TBS never quite shake the feeling that other people are doing this sort of thing far more thrillingly elsewhere. [20 May 2006, p.33]
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60A somewhat humourless affair. [Jun 2006, p.115]
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60Without a target for their ire, TBS opt for sheer emo relentlessness. [May 2006, p.111]
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That's not to say that Louder Now lacks charm--"Spin" and "Miami" excellently blend the band's acumen for punk punchiness and melody alike--but the album's numbing repetitiveness negates it.
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40It's all perfectly competent, but rather generic. [Jun 2006, p.119]
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40TBS's main problem is that they write precisely two kinds of songs: energetic pop rock with whiny vocals, and midtempo power rock, again with whiny vocals.
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