Taking Back Sunday-Taking Back Sunday

Wed 6th Jul, 2011 in Music Reviews

New York locals and five-piece band Taking Back Sunday have released their fifth studio album, this self titled collection plays through with fluidity and ample likeability. The kick-off is El Paso which presents a rockin’ raucous and an enjoyable song laden with intensity and wit. Faith (When I Let You Down) begins in a loud and grand fashion and falls to grace, and the heart lies in the vocals that are heard with epic delivery. The interestingly titled Best Places To Be A Mom is another involving and big song that holds attention throughout and is definitely one for the fans. Sad Savior begins with a slow guitar and builds to grand heights, driven by Adam Lazzara and his abilities to lyrically embrace the listener with a concoction of extensive words that add flavour to the song. Who Are You Anyway? shifts the sound to a bounding guitar intro and a persistent questioning, and again the grab here is the song’s loud and proud sound that imposes itself on the ears.

Money (Let It Go) follows on with the tradition of hard-hitting rock shouts amid pop musings and melodious hooks. This Is All Now shows a slower, controlled TBS initially, and then the calamity hits for maximum effect before a lull soothes again. The hit starts back up and cements this song as one of the more melodic and energetic feel-good tracks amid engaging shouts of conviction. It Doesn’t Feel A Thing Like Falling riffs it up and with pounding drums as Lazzara comes in for the clincher. The chorus is wonderfully uplifting, and Lazzara emotes with full effect, taking this song to the top where it belongs.

Since You’re Gone features strained emotions that are nostalgically longing for a significant other, and all the while the song ascends with its amped up chorus and descends to a brief reflection on lost love. Further along, You Got Me is introduced with a melodious and engaging riffing followed by bursts of angsty shouts. As a result, this song is one more addition to the quality part of the record. In true album-closing fashion, TBS have chosen an altogether different song that emotes loving words via Lazzara’s graceful and soaring vocals that make this song a brilliant closer. Call Me In The Morning sees harmonic and melodic moments accentuate the song’s charming effectiveness, and Lazzara sings with heart and emotion. This fifth effort is overall a solid and tight album, with eleven ambitiously varied tracks with style.