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Artist...... Sertraline
Album....... Clouded Minds & Silver Lines
Label.......
Genre....... Metal
Releasedate 2020-05-15
Encoder.....
Bitrate..... 320kbps
Size........ 47.58 mb
Duration.... 19:40
WWW......... http://play.google.com (full url below)
.Tracklist .................................................................
01 Inside Out [ 4:09]
02 Mean To Me II [ 3:33]
03 2205 [ 3:51]
04 Screaming For Sleep [ 3:41]
05 Isolation [ 4:26]
.Releasenotes ..............................................................
https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Sertraline_Clouded_Minds_Silver_Lin
es?id=Bzadrebtmyhp25vy3ffl4drsigm
For all the occasional pot holes you'll come across on Clouded Minds & Silver
Lines û five piece prog/metalcore outfit SERTRALINE at least manage to
deliver a relatively fresh take on the sub-genre. Their forgivable
inexperience makes their newest EP û which follows from 2017's Guilty û
sloppy in places, but the quintet do seem to have an ace in the hole which,
in time, could be a real game changer for them.
This power weapon is vocalist Lizzie Parry, who adds layers of authenticity
to SERTRALINE's otherwise by the book approach. Where the mantle of
originality often gets laid on vocalists shoulders, Parry offers an at times
fascinating presence through Clouded Minds & Silver Lines. Felt most on
opening track Inside Out, there's a staggering level of dexterity to her
vocal ticks, she drops low notes that often graze deep before delivering
graceful notes of grandeur in the chorus sections. By far the best track on
the EP: it shows that at their peak SERTRALINE can be both a brute, and
luscious force.
What follows is a stark reminder of reality for the band though. The trio of
Mean To Me, 2205, and SFS all have decent enough, low pinned backdrops from
guitarist Mike Hawkings û but the hap hazard attempts at hooks here is more
akin to the bland nature of NEW YEARS DAY than it is NORTHLANE or PERIPHERY.
And where Parry is a soaring central figure in the early stages of Clouded
Minds & Silver Lines, the bands infantilism shows here, with a barrage of
tracks that are little more than forgettable, plodding nods at standard
modern metalcore.
It's still incredibly early days for SERTRALINE, they're entitled to have
some slack cut for them, and this is an EP that at its peak sounds like the
next step for a band that will go on to take plenty more. Despite its often
insipid output, Clouded Minds & Silver Lines is still worth your time û
because with some tweaks in the right places, thereÆs plenty more to be
offered from these progressive upstarts.
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