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| Absolutepunk |
 Crime in Stereo – I Was Trying to Describe You to SomeoneRelease Date: February 23, 2010 Record Label: Bridge 9 No one expected Crime in Stereo to follow up past releases with 2007's ...Is Dead. No one knew they were about to indulge themselves into a punk rock album that slowly implodes, only to bloom an even brighter star before it finishes. It was hardcore, but only riding the line of receiving a "post" prefix by any means. When all was said and heard, repeat listens of ...Is Dead showcased a foot forward but only in a casual stride. Crime in Stereo are back and expanding the traditional sense of hardcore into something far beyond the rest of the usual with I Was Trying to Describe You to Someone. Whether it's the mid-album "Young," or the way "Dark Island City" has been morphed into a completely different sound wave from its original track which appeared on 2006's The Troubled Stateside, Crime in Stereo prevails again. Within the first three songs, the band displays their reach. A vocal circling opener ("Queue Moderns") runs itself into a melodic blaze ("Drugwolf") into one of the best tracks to land on our laptops this year ("Exit Halo"). It's not just the later track's compositional structure that makes it near flawless, but within each vocal part, guitar feedback, and drumming pattern. In essence, the best part about I Was Trying to Describe You to Someone is not the sum of the parts, but the parts that make up the whole....full text |
| Rocksound |
| For a band that cut their teeth playing lightning-paced Long Island hardcore, Crime In Stereo have come a long way. There’s still a throbbing hardcore vein running through this album’s spine, but songs like ‘Drugwolf’ and ‘Type One’ have a much bigger, almost stadium-like atmosphere about them. It’s a gentle beast of a record and one that’s both physically and emotionally exhausting. Where 07’s ‘…Is Dead’ hinted at the band experimenting with a more progressive sound, it was nowhere near as cohesive and accomplished as this. ‘I Was Trying To Describe You To Someone’ is a phenomenal album – go out and buy it....full text |
| Reviewrinserepeat |
| Album titles can be so indicative of the music that lies within and the band that creates it. Sometimes, just looking at the name of a band’s work can tell the listener everything they need to know (when Motley Crue released Girls, Girls, Girls in 1987, you knew they wouldn't be singing about playing checkers). But every so often, a band and a coinciding album come forward that leaves you at a loss for words. Coincidentally, Crime In Stereo’s newest record, I Was Trying To Describe You To Someone, should speak for itself (the title is essentially my job description, you know). Yet, it is almost impossible to truly describe this album to someone because of the overwhelming amount of diverse material present throughout the record. What can be said, however, is that Crime In Stereo has made an excellent post/melodic hardcore album that will permeate several scenes. The album is really a game of thirds (there are 11 tracks, so it’s metaphorical). The first “third” thrusts Crime In Stereo’s ambitiousness and obvious maturation into the forefront. The band’s last record, 2007’s Crime In Stereo Is Dead, was a melodic masterpiece. But instead of just settling, the band has expanded on what made it so unique. The opening track, “Queue Moderns,” starts with electronic flourishes and a Gregorian-like chant. All of a sudden, the band launches into a cacophony of noise more sonic than Sega. The rest of the songs in this third (“Drugwolf,” “Exit Halo,” “Not Dead,” and “Odalisque”) are similar and show Crime In Stereo’s penchant for stopping on a dime and changing the entire direction of a song mid-song. This is a feat not easily accomplished, but the band succeeds....full text |
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