SCARY KIDS SCARING KIDS
The City Sleeps In Flames
Immortal Records
4/10
Bestowed with a moniker that makes this band sound more threatening than they actually are, listeners will find on this album the epitome of the type of “follow the leader”, trend-loving screamo tripe that is currently being rammed down music buyers throats with a magnitude that records executives could have never imagined back in the days of the Seattle scene. Not to say that these guys are all that bad, either as musicians or performers, but if you’re looking for originality you had better keep searching, because there is zip to be found here.
Imparting a approach of utilizing the “coming of age” sort of themes that are so prevalent in this scene, we find Scary Kids making music for a cross-section of American youth that are searching for an identity, a place to belong and a voice that can show them that their emotions are just as important as they yearn for them to be. Yes, there are certain compelling moments on the record, but the fact that this sort of thing is so over done renders those moments impotent.
Ultimately, the absolute scariest thing about “The City Sleeps In Flames” is it’s tepid willingness to follow the herd, leaving this group as yet another in a long, long line of commercialized pretenders to the throne.
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