Tales Told By Dead Friends [EP] Review

artist: mayday parade date: 04/21/2008 category: compact discs
Tales Told By Dead Friends [EP]
Release Date: Nov 7, 2006
Label: Fearless
Genres: Emo, Alternative Pop/Rock
Number Of Tracks: 6
Florida-based rock sextet Mayday Parade falls squarely in the center of the emo pack on their Fearless debut, Tales Told by Dead Friends.
 Sound: 8
 Lyrics: 9
 Impression: 9
 Overall rating:
 9 
 Reviewer rating:
 8.7 
 Users rating:
 9.4 
 Votes:
 11 
1 review2 commentsvote for this cd: 
overall: 8.7
Tales Told By Dead Friends [EP] Reviewed by: tucker69, on april 21, 2008
2 of 3 people found this review helpful

Sound: As suggested by the album title, Mayday Parade's debut album emancipates overwhelming sorrow, divulged by heartfelt and nostalgic tracks. The 6 track album is a collection of tales about despair, angush, and broken-heartedness. So it's no surprise that these friends of them no longer exist. Most songs exhibit sadness through the dainty and sweet guitar riffs, and by the 2 emotionally disturbed vocalists. If you want sentiental moments an lamentations, you should hear this. // 8

Lyrics and Singing: The lyrics were of course, sad. And each song tells a sad story. One man drinking games tells of a man sharing his final moments with his girl. He bids goodbye, then looks back at the melliflous past as he shots a toast for himself. 3 cheers for 5 years is bout a 5-year(perhaps) relationship ruined by a #2 on their anniversary. While The Last Something that meant anything was about a tragic break-up story. The 2 vocalists did a great job of emphasizing that dismal feeling, though I like the sweet-voiced dude rather thn the rough-voiced one. // 9

Impression: It was woeful. An album comprised of sentiental dismay and downcast. The tracks are cool and nostalgic, and I loved the tracks The Last Something That Meant Anything, One-Man Drinking Games and Just Say You're Not Into It. Mayday parade will penetrate through the hearts of the broken with their melancholic album, "Tales Told By Dead Friends". // 9

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