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Switcheroo Series: Burning Down the Pine Room

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Alexisonfire and Moneen have been friends since they did a great tour of Canada awhile back. They decided to do a split EP where they each cover two songs. Alexisonfire redid The Passing Of America and Tonight, I'm Gone off of Moneen's Theory Of Harmonial Value CD. Passing Out In America starts the CD off, and Alexisonfire does an incredible job of making the song with their own sound. George screams most verses and Dallas takes on the slower choruses and the outro. They even break out into a rad A'cappella version of the bridge. It's a very fun song and Alexisonfire put forth a lot more energy than the original version. Moneen is up next with their cover of Accidents from Alexis' Watch Out! CD. Moneen has been known to slow down songs to make them more dramatic and it shows how well they work in this song. It's a nice change to hear this song without George's screaming. Kenny sings really well in this. I was thrilled to hear how well this sounded the first time I took a listen. Moneen and Alexisonfire both did videos for the songs I just listed. The videos were shot in the same room at the same time, just facing different walls. You can see the other video in the background and characters will walk between interact with both videos. Really cool concept.

Tonight I'm Going To Wash The Hippy is a cover of Tonight, I'm Gone. Alexisonfire really ripped this song a new one. This is probably my favorite song on the EP. Dallas takes Hippy's singing role, and overall, it has more of an Alexisonfire song than a moneen cover. The drums are so good on this song. Moneen is next with Sharks In Danger. This song is kind of a flop. It sounds way too similar to the original and Moneen didn't really take on a lot of new things for it.

The last two songs are both original songs. Bleed And Blister (Version Two) was so good the first time I heard it. Since then Moneen has released Version Three on The Red Tree. V3 is a lot faster and it sounds tighter, but V2 is still great. Charlie Sheen Vs. Henry Rollins is an instant classic. This is one of my favorite Alexis songs. It has so much energy and a good sound.

This CD is great if you are just getting into Alexisonfire or Moneen. If you're already a Alexis fan, this album is incredible. But if you were already a Moneen fan, this CD is a little disappointing. Moneen didn't kill it like Alexis did. I still love Moneen though.

Now I am not a fan of covering other bands songs. But this is not a true cover. They play the same sound as the original then the lyrics are all changed up. Moneen and Alexisonfire both put new songs on this that will be on there new cd which is great. They are both solid. If Alexisonfire sounds anything like there new song does on the new cd it was be big for sure. Give it a listen it is a good cd and for the money you arent going to beat it.

Alexisonfire perfects the songs that werent theirs, moneen slaughters alexisonfire's perfect songs. It was painful to listen to aof's songs being played by a band lacking the talent to deliver justice. Aof on the other hand stepped up. You decide if it's worth it to spend some dollars and to hit the skip button a few times to pick up 3 good AOF songs.

i wasn't ever a fan of alexisonfire, but i am a semi fan of moneen and their creativity in songs. This cd does make me respect alexisonfire's versions of their own 2 songs more.. probably because moneen's versions of them are better. hell moneen made accidents sound like it could of been a successful single. Yet alexisonfire basically disgraced the passing of america and made it unbearable..
4 stars for moneens efforts
2 for alexisonfire's
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3 star

This is a great spilt. I wasnt really into Moneen, but they did great covers of Alexis and their new song is pretty dang good. Alexis delivers as normal. some of the best stuff of their genre, I really think they have one of the best sounds out right now. Check this out.