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Truth in Sincerity

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Amber Pacific has molded a respectable sound. Truth In Sincerity succeeds in being very approachable, not to slow and dreary that it wards off listeners, and not to hard that it attracts a different crowd- yet manages to sound very familiar. In the past few years, I have contained a fairly sour outlook to mainstream rock, and the pop radio-friendly music you hear flooding the media. There are countless "one hit wonder" bands, and they excel at creating a single catchy single- and fading into obscurity. I am not necessarily saying that Amber Pacific is doomed to follow this inevitable route, but they remain too safe and secure with their two, albeit interesting but generic albums.

They are talented musicians, and should be labelled as such, but Amber Pacific's growth to their second album remains rather concrete. Sure, songs like "Watching Over Me," and "Fall Back into My life" contain that rythmically balanced and attractive sound witnessed in their previous efforts, it fails to push the boundary of music in any way.

Perhaps those expectations are entirely too high. Truth In Sincerity is short, it's sweet, and I would suspect it will achieve, or has already achieved, the task which it was set out to do.

Here is to hoping Amber Pacific can devise a sound which is a little less rough around the edges, and return in the not too distant future with the album which runs them to the mainstream thoroughly. As for now, I can not help but think that Truth In Sincerity is just a stepping stone or an opening to Amber Pacific's true capabilities as a band.

What I find most impressive about Amber Pacific's new album, Truth in Sincerity, is how close they stuck to their original sound and still sounded new. When listening to this album, you will find that Amber Pacific still has all the energy The Possibility and the Promise had, but with a few changes, such as a guitar solo here or there. The guitar solos are not incredible, but they are definitely entertaining. If you liked their first CD, and are in the mood for more, definitely buy this album!

It's hard to find a CD that you can listen to without skipping a song or getting bored of a song because it takes too long to pick up. This is the first CD in a LOOONG time that i've been able to listen to straight through without pushing "skip track." Best songs in my opinion:

1. Fall Back Into My Life
2. Follow Your Dreams, Forget The Scene
3. You're Only Young Once
4. Temporary
5. Runaway

I went to buy this CD the day it came out.. and I gotta say... It is GREAT!!! The song "Your Only Young Once" is my favorite in the midst of a cd that does not have even one bad song. Even the instrumental "We Think We're Hardcore" shows further advancement in muscianship by the band. I could sit here all night and write about 1 million good things about this CD.. but instead I'm just gonna say... GO AND BUY THIS... IT ROCKS!!!

this is Amber Pacific's best CD yet!, i'm a huge fan and love their music, it's a perfect amount of punk, and it's one of those CD's where you love pretty much every song on the CD, not just 3 maybe 4 songs, can't wait for their next CD to come out, now that their original lead singer is back!

I HEARD ABOUT THIS BAND FROM A FRIEND....NEVER HAD HEARD OF THEM BEFORE BUT LISTENED TO IT ON HIS COMPUTER AND FELL IN LOVE WITH THEM. THIS IS SOME GOOD MUSIC. I REALLY LIKED THE LYRICS TO THE SONGS THE MOST. ALTHOUGH I DO LIKE MATT'S VOICE BETTER THEN THE ORINGIANL SINGER..WHICH IS A RARE THING FOR ME. IM KINDA UPSET HE LFET THE BAND. BUT ALL IN ALL, PEOPLE SHOULD TOTALLY CHECK OUT THEIR MUSIC...ITS WORTH IT 100 PERCENT.

this cd from the very start to the end is awesome.i mean nearly all the songs except 1 i think they re great.amber pacific fail to dissapoint once again.great band.

Good cd and the dvd is cool too. Interesting to see how a cd is made. Saw them in the OC and liked them. Cd has a good range of song types.

I first found out about these guys back in 2004. I love them so much. They are one of my favorites. This cd is NO disappointment. It has amazing songs and each one has a different sound than the previous. I listened to this cd all night last night after I bought it..:)

I can't wait to see my boys @ Warped Tour...July 18th!