Whoever said all Christian punk was “do-gooder trash that needs
\nto go to hell” was wrong. Oh wait, that was me. So I was wrong.<\/p>\n
I picked up this CD from a band I had never heard of after I saw
\nMest at a concert sponsored by a local radio station. I was there
\nto see Good Charlotte, but that was totally before “Lifestyles Of
\nThe Rich And Famous.” So Mest came on, and I found myself doing
\nthis half mosh, half stoner head-bang to their single”Cadillac.”
\nAfter I listened to the whole CD,
\nDestination Unknown<\/i>, I was happy to discover a delightfully
\ncrass, yet completely insightful party album that parents might
\nactually approve of.<\/p>\n
“Cadillac” is the album’s first single. It’s basically a look
\ninto one night of drinking and getting stoned, and finding comfort
\nthrough your belligerence from that one person who always makes you
\nfeel guarded and not so much like the fuck-up that you are. The
\nband packs a cornucopia of musical influences into this one song.
\nIt starts off with a rapid guitar riff, reminiscent of early Green
\nDay. The chorus is slowed down to a mellower riff with more hip-hop
\nundertones. It finishes with a more abated reggae feel. Farther in,
\nthe seventh song on the disc, “It’s Over,” is a friend’s testimony
\nof his feelings toward his best friend’s girlfriend, and her
\ninterference in their friendship. Sounds sweet, but the lyrics are
\ndelivered in a frantic conveyance, backed by only a fast guitar
\ntune that makes you forget the touching inner meaning and turns
\nthis song into a great mosher. The best song on this CD is the
\nhidden track, which plays two minutes after the last song, “Living
\nDead,” ends. The track is a mellow, reggae ditty with a blasting
\nhorn in the background that makes you want to sit back, take a hit
\nand ponder some of the simpler things in life.<\/p>\n
One song that didn’t go over so well was “Breakin’ Down.” After
\nexperiencing an album such as this one, I feel a certain loyalty to
\nMest. I won’t say that this song is completely terrible; it’s not.
\nBut it doesn’t live up to the potential shown in the other thirteen
\ntracks. Its message is somewhat obscure, and the lyrics are little
\nmore than brainless. Example: “Breakin’, breakin’, she’s breakin’
\ndown. Breakin’, breakin’, she’s breakin’ down.” Plus the music
\nsounds like the same watered-down crap you hear on every pop-punk
\nalbum these days. Let this one slide, since the rest of the album
\nis full of pure, unadulterated party favorites. Skip over number
\nnine, and you’re golden.<\/p>\n
Definitely pick this one up; it’s a steal at eight dollars, plus
\nyour Bible-thumping friends will love you for it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":26362,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[6842],"rating":[5613],"class_list":["post-37593","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-mest","rating-rating-a-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/37593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/37593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=37593"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=37593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}