On their seventh studio album and first in five years, Finger Eleven has returned with a different sort of record than what most people would expect. While some tracks are kind of heavy, they\u2019re not \u2018super heavy.\u2019 The most impressive things about opening track \u201cGods Of Speed\u201d are the drumming of session player Chris Powell, which is so thundering and dense, and the always interesting vocals of frontman Scott Anderson, here at his peak vocally.<\/p>\n
\u201cCriminal\u201d is by far the coolest song on the disc, in a way akin to 2007\u2019s smash hit \u201cParalyzer.\u201d It\u2019s got the same kind of feel, just not as danceable, but it\u2019s a really good cut, one that would sound great on rock radio. Anderson\u2019s vocals are the best thing about the title track; he\u2019s got such a nice groove to his vocals that they really help accentuate the song and in the end save it from being soooo mediocre.<\/p>\n
The first single, \u201cWolves And Doors\u201d is another okay track, but it just didn\u2019t grab me. It just feels like another hard rock song that pretty much falls on its face. Where\u2019s the grit? Where\u2019s the power? Where\u2019s the intensity? It\u2019s not here, I can tell you that much. The seven minute opus \u201cCome On, Oblivion\u201d is the type of track where the band does the most experimenting. Another sort of meandering song that doesn\u2019t really go anywhere. Simply stated: this is one of the most uninteresting records I\u2019ve heard all year. Just another rock record destined to be remembered for one or two songs and nothing else.<\/p>\n
\u201cLost For Words\u201d is the most boring track here. It\u2019s just the type of song you wish would end so you don\u2019t have to bother with it anymore. Really guys, can we try anything else but this? It\u2019s very easy for me to say that I was incredibly bored by this record. It\u2019s always great for a band to stretch out and do some different things, but it\u2019s not enough to make this record interesting. This is the sound of a band trying to regain their identity after a long time out of the spotlight, but at this point in time, it just all feels like it\u2019s too little, too late.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":32441,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[7985],"rating":[11205],"class_list":["post-44200","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-finger-eleven","rating-rating-d-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/44200","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\/91"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/44200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=44200"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=44200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}