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She Watched the Sky

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Upcomers A Skylit Drive have released an EP that people should pay close attention to. A.S.D. would appeal to fans of Saosin, From First to Last, Chiodos, and Thursday. A Skylit Drive stays true to the screamo formula while maintaining their own indentity. While listening to A.S.D., I was reminisent, musically, of Chiodos and The Blood Brothers, while vocally, their sound is easily compared to front-men like Adam Lazzara of Taking Back Sunday and Geoff Rickly of Thursday. Overall, She Watched the Sky is an excellent listen that will be exceedingly difficult to remove from your CD player or iPod. I highly recommend that fans of screamo or post-hardcore pay close attention to this soon-to-be household name.

When I first saw an ad for She Watched the Sky by A Skylit Drive, I knew I had to buy it and I'm so happy I did! These guys are really cool and I haven't been able to compare them to anyone else. That's what I like about them. I bought it almost a month ago and haven't been able to stop listening. My favorite track was "Hey Nightmare, Where Did You Get Them Teeth". Very cool.

A Skylit Drive is a pretty good band, first off. They are creative with their combination style of music, which combines hardcore, screamo, rock and even some soft rock with synth set in the background of several songs. Jordan Blake was the lead vocalist of this ep album and did a nice job of showing off his vocal talents in several different forms. Along with the catchy lyrics, the music is very listenable for most rock fans that can accept vocals and screaming in music. The lyrics are pretty well written, some songs better than others, but for the most part are at least decent and very understandable. The first track is a nice opener including a screaming vocalization style, also including hardcore and synth in the beginning and end of the song. Drown the City is the second track and one of my favorite (if not favorite song by the band). It starts out with hardcore and develops into a synthetic and very mellow vocalization that suits the song excellently, and combines the hardcore and sweet melodic vocalization throughout the great track. The All Star Diaries starts with high pitched singing and creates hardcore and screamo throughout, with somewhat meaningful lyrics; generating the vocalization styles in an organized manner and it works pretty well. Hey Nightmare... is a somewhat angry song with lyrics expressing (the style of) battle. It song starts of with a roaring kind of hardcore sound that evolves into a unique style of melodic and fitting vocalization, even adding piano to certain parts, which is a great touch, especially to a kind of genre that limits the instrumentals of a piano. The Past The Love The Memory is the softest and perhaps the most eerie vocalization of ASD yet. It is a very heartfelt song and expresses Jordan's emotions very well, along with creating a break in the harder pitched sound and sounds very nice as well. According to Columbus opens the track with melodic guitar and continues the fine tuned sound of the album, except creating a rougher sound with quite a bit of screamo and hardcore vocals, it also showcases Jordan's emotions in the chorus; perhaps telling of a person he knew and thought of them very highly of and perhaps was/is in love with them.

i think the reason this band is so good is because they are experimental. they have that trance synth sound. i loved this CD and, although screamo does get old most times, i dont think this band will get old anytime soon. what i love the most, is that none of these songs sounded the same, unlike most mainstream bands. i can actually listen to the whole thing and not have to wonder if i'm listening to the same song 15 mins. l8r. i loved the music, loved the lyrics, loved the instrumentals and the stories.

obviously there are some people out there who are bitter at the fact that their once beloved genre called "screamo" has been out of the bag for years now. A Skylit Drive takes screamo to new heights with "She Watched the Sky" making it one of the best screamo albums out there besides blessthefall's "His Last Walk." The best part about this album is that it's simply SOLID. Every song has amazing energy and you wont ever have to push that skip button on your cd/mp3 car stereo ever again!

I really enjoy this 7 track album. I don't really think they are your general screamo band that sounds like everyone else. I think these guys have something different to them. The album is short and intense and filled with emotion. They use a good amount of electronic synth is the background which is cool and not typically apparent in post-hardcore bands. The album starts out with an introduction type of song that reminds me a lot of the first track on Atreyu's The Curse (I think the track is called Blood Children). After the intro, "Drown The City" comes flying at you from all directions and shows the promise of the CD's intensity. The next track, "The All Star Diaries" is a really catchy song that I really enjoy. The rest of the CD is awesome and is pretty short but I think it's better that way.

this is my least favorite album by them, its with there original singer (Jordan Blake) who in MY opinion is not as talented as Jag.

i used to not like screamo but a skylit drive filled me with adoration for the genre. their lyrics are brilliant and the music is not mindless deathmetal; it is thoughtful and varied and full of emotion. i like their second cd better but this cd has good songs nontheless

Absolutely nothing special here. Screamo DOES get old just like another reviewer said. There is nothing pretty or nothing chaotic about this record. Just very very boring. 1 star.