Whether you describe this type of alternative rock as screamo, post-hardcore, or melodic hardcore, albums like They're Only Chasing Safety are all about contrasts -- heaven contrasting with hell, melody contrasting with sledgehammer brutality, "normal" singing (whatever "normal" is) contrasting with tortured, agonized, death-all-over-your-face screaming. This screamo/post-hardcore/melodic hardcore approach is quite different from full-fledged metalcore; while metalcore units like Hatebreed, Brick Bath, and Finland's notoriously ferocious Rotten Sound go right for the jugular, Underoath and similar bands prefer to mix honey with vinegar. Overall, the Tampa, FL, residents do a decent job of integrating the honey and the vinegar on They're Only Chasing Safety, which is their first album since Spencer Chamberlain replaced Dallas Taylor as lead singer. After Taylor's departure in 2003, some fans had strong reservations about Underoath carrying on without him. But Chamberlain has no problem taking over the lead vocalist spot on this 2004 release, and he seems to have a firm grasp of the sort of good cop/bad cop and heaven/hell contrasts that characterize a screamo disc like They're Only Chasing Safety. Of course, the screamo aesthetic is hardly unique to Underoath; anyone who has spent time listening to Nora, From Autumn to Ashes, Hopesfall, or School for Heroes will see the parallels between Underoath and those bands. But lyrically, one thing that separates Underoath from other screamo outfits is their Christian orientation. Not that the Floridians beat listeners over the head with Christianity -- if anything, their Christian references are subliminal on this CD, which explains why secular audiences have been receptive to them. They're Only Chasing Safety is mildly uneven -- some of the tunes hold up better than others -- but more often that not, it's a respectable outing from this post-Taylor edition of Underoath.
Wow, Warped Tour was unbelieveble. 95 degrees the whole day, bright sunshine, and the full experience.We started off with The Spill Canvas as we waited for Drop Dead Gorgeous. My best friend and pit wingman and I were sure there would be a sick mosh pit for DDG, and sure enough there was. The hardcore dancers were out in full and very angry. Those kids were not moshing to have fun, there we...
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I need to be studying for final exams but I was reading an article in AP about Underoath... fun. I'm bad at posting stuff. I'm just trying to make an effort here... just trying to make an effort.<3CarissaP.S. Here is a stupid picture to make this post better....
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Pain, you just have to ride it out, hope it goes away on its own, hope the wound that caused it heals. There are no solutions, no easy answers, you just breathe deep and wait for it to subside. Most of the time pain can be managed but sometimes the pain gets you where you least expect it. Hits way below the belt and doesn't let up. Pain, you just have to fight through, because the truth is you ...
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This is a good song....I heard a voice through the discordA deluge of passersbyI saw one gaze frozen in timeWatching me passing byI swear I'll know your face in the crowdAnd I'll hear your voice so loudWhen you're whisperingHey unfaithful I will teach youTo be strongerHey ungraceful I will teach youTo forgive one anotherHere's my kiss to betrayDesperate to brush the lips of graceDo you feel hol...
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I think today's tuesday anyway...had a friggin time warp after a large carbohydrate consumption and delerium that followed..."Drowning in my sleep, I'm drowning in my sleep."well, is this the matrix, if you die in your trippy dreams while unconscious, will you really die out here?
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I don't feel very Respective Today....not sure if I feel respective either, but willing to give respect to others who deserve it, but I am in a funk because I have been battling a memory issue with my C drive, I have an overnite package coming to fix it with a little work on my part, so I had to send some programs to my D: drive just so I could upload UnderOATH for you moggers....maybe someone ...
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Wow, Warped Tour was unbelieveble. 95 degrees the whole day, bright sunshine, and the full experience.We started off with The Spill Canvas as we waited for Drop Dead Gorgeous. My best friend and pit wingman and I were sure there would be a sick mosh pit for DDG, and sure enough there was. The hardcore dancers were out in full and very angry. Those kids were not moshing to have fun, there we...
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This is a good song....I heard a voice through the discordA deluge of passersbyI saw one gaze frozen in timeWatching me passing byI swear I'll know your face in the crowdAnd I'll hear your voice so loudWhen you're whisperingHey unfaithful I will teach youTo be strongerHey ungraceful I will teach youTo forgive one anotherHere's my kiss to betrayDesperate to brush the lips of graceDo you feel hol...
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Pain, you just have to ride it out, hope it goes away on its own, hope the wound that caused it heals. There are no solutions, no easy answers, you just breathe deep and wait for it to subside. Most of the time pain can be managed but sometimes the pain gets you where you least expect it. Hits way below the belt and doesn't let up. Pain, you just have to fight through, because the truth is you ...
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Underoath is also 1 of my favorite bands as well.
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I need to be studying for final exams but I was reading an article in AP about Underoath... fun. I'm bad at posting stuff. I'm just trying to make an effort here... just trying to make an effort.<3CarissaP.S. Here is a stupid picture to make this post better....
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