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Lusitania

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"Lusitania", Fairweather's new cd will not disappoint their fans or the casual listener. It is by far the bands most sophisticated work to date blending styles such as punk, hardcore and alternative rock to create a very defined sound. The entire album seems to follow a theme which closely ties all of the songs, giving the listener a complete listening experience. The album starts off with a industrial-like, futuristic muffled intro. "Lusitania", also the second track on the release, gives off a more tranquil feeling with its breakdown but then re-engerizes itself with its strong and powerful. "Letter of Intent" is the perfect mix of rock and pop. It is one of the more upbeat songs on the cd and seems to have everything it takes to be a big radio hit. "The treachery of Images" is my personal favorite on the album. There's just something about the way Jay sings "this repeated line" that just you shiver in excitement. It's simply a very well composed song, especially with the melodic guitar and vocal mix towards the end of it. "...Hunter" is probably the slowest song on the cd but one of the more beautiful songs because of the great guitar work and soft vocals. The 6th and 7th tracks speed the cd up a tad and "Slow to Standing" just brings the entire album to life again and a fine example of how Fairweather's EP was a perfect preview for this cd. "1195" escapes the cd without a single word spoken or sung. It is just consistant, slow rhythm that takes you from the beginning of the song to the end of it. The robotic type theme re-enters towards the end of track nine and through the beginning of track 10 on guitars along with a strong drumroll. A short rest and then the tenth track, "Concrete Atlas" explodes with hardness. "Burn Bridges Keep Warm" is a good melodic hardcore song with an enjoyable sing-along chorus. "Alaska", previously released on Fairweather's EP entitled "Alaska" is the hardest song on the CD and more experimental then the other songs are but it seems like they got it all figured out because this song doesn't disappoint. Just an amazing song. "The Culling Song" closes out the cd nicely capturing the rest of the album and having its own identity, ending the song after just about 10 minutes with just a light guitar. I believe this cd captures all that is this band. They are an intelligent group of musicians who know what a song should sound like. After listening to "Lusitania", it extraordinarily difficult to say that there was any disappointment in it. It seems like everything that was supposed to be there, was. Its simply intelligent, original and beautiful music. The whole cd is full of dynamic, artistic music which captures the reality of life in its lyrics and the emotion in its music. It is truly a very good album. Can't wait to hear the next one.

This is a great CD. Any emo/punk fan will love it. This will not be Fairweathers breakout to the mainstream though. It is good, and does improve over their last work ten-fold. The lyrics are deep in meaningful, and the music is dark and complicated. It is defintily refreshing to hear music like this when "punk" bands such as Good Craplette and Pimple Plan are poluting our airwaves.

The Treachery of Images is the strongest track on the CD. It is great and it takes you where it supposed to. The weakest track, is the title track, Lusitania. The song has no real direction and just seems to waver on boring. I find this CD kind of does that too me at some points. Some parts just seem to drag on just a little to long, which is too bad.

Overall, I definitly recomend this CD to any emo/punk fan, but caution fans new to the genre.

I'm glad I came across this band, even though they have been defunct for a few years now. This is one of those small gems off the Equal Vision label (Coheed and Cambria, Armor For Sleep, Chiodos, etc.) that probably caught the attention of a few, but I imagine they had a supportive following. The band does not shy away from the experimental elements of space rock (similar to Codeseven), yet they pull it off without being overly pretentious. There is definitely a resemblance to the Get up Kids here, but they are still their own band. You have to listen with a subjective ear, and stop chunking together every band that shares a similarity to others.

When I first heard this cd, it left me cold. I was recognizing the band's talent...it just wasn't my thing at all. I saw them play in Montreal, opening for Piebald (don't get me wrong, Piebald is bad...I was there to see Choke opening). Then I got into Coheed & Cambria and Thursday...and I took a guess by buying Lusitania. I was blazed! Nothing super ultra original, but so effective and pleasant. It's playing non-stop in my car right now. I'm now curious to hear from their earlier work. Don't wait for something that'll blow your mind, but I can say now that is a good band.

Okay. I know that alot of people have frowned upon this album but it is actually high quality stuff. I mean yeah it is a little generic but I think the group adds thier own twist to what they do. It is a good emo/ punk-pop album. Any fans of this genre will most likely like it. Again awesome stuff... just not amazing

All I can say is wow. This album has completely blown me away in every respect. The lyrics are passionate and intelligent and this is a absolute masterpiece musically. I cannot stop listening to this CD and I can listen to it straight through without skipping anything. Fairweather has truly progressed as a band from their first full length "If they move... Kill them". Though that was an awesome CD but it cannot compare with this. My favorite tracks are Lusitania, Letter of intent, and the culling song. BUY THIS.

Listened to a few songs from the new album and it just doesn't fly. Same sounds as the previous album with a bunch of rebellious monotone lyrics that it's hard to connect to. These songs have been done before by all of the other bands in this genre.