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Okay straight off the production is low, so don't worry it's not your system. Sounds like someone recorded an album at full blast onto a camera, turned down the volume and sent you the aftermath. Moving on, this is a fun split album.

Alternative rock guitar blazes, warm fuzzes, twangy sharps, pop punk bass. Both artist retain a natural life quality to them, which works wonders on low budgets. Errortype 11 genuinly sound like they are having a good time, cutting in some electronic blips on the end of "I Got You". They seem confident, and musically it shows.

Gamerface at first seemed not to do much for me, on my third listen they really started growing on me. They seem much more concentrated, "How Far is Goodbye" really blooms, goes a little off course, and comes back with the oomph needed to make a complete circle. The vocals remind me of some of the rougher Gerard Way (My Chemical Romance) vocals, back in the groups early days. Next track the vocals morph into pop punk squint. So there is some versatility here, the guitars do the two chord hops, and proceed to the glazing power chords. Heck Gamerface even covers Tom Petty on track three!

I really came into this review expecting to give more praise to Errortype 11, but Gamerface seems to be the better of the two (in my opinion). The split is terrific. I own the vinyl copy, it is on a 10" record, orange vinyl, and has one insert (small rectangular one).

-by the way- Gamerface have one pretty funny speech nearing the end about a party, great stuff.

Three tracks per artist, two great groups (one more promising then the other), fair enough 3/5.

I think gameface is a _really_ good band, and I don't know if i noticed it before hearing the new Hanson, but the vocals on this album on the Gameface tracks sounds mysteriously like Taylor from everyone's favorite teen-pop-stars Hanson. But despite that frightening coincidence, it's my one of my favorite albums, and well worth the money.