The Files You Have on Me

Waterdown

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 25, 2003)
• Original Release Date: March 25, 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Victory Records
• ASIN: B00008CQP7
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #374,776 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

–Alive and Kicking

Waterdown is filled with overtones of emo, the escapism of hardcore and the melodic elements of today’s punk rock.

Product Description

WATERDOWN is an amalgamation of throaty harsh screaming and some of the most euphonic vocal melodies you will ever hear. Their music provides an uplifting underscore that moves you both sonically and emotionally. Waterdown have played shows with the likes of JIMMY EAT WORLD, THURSDAY, SNAPCASE, AVAIL and GRADE over the last 3 years and show no signs of slowing down. Their newest release, "The Files You Have On Me", provides warm, singy vocals fused with heavy screaming, double bass and is backed with tight leads and harmonic hooks. This record is a must-have for fans of newly successful bands like THE USED and FINCH. Waterdown present another angle and invention to emo, hardcore and to music overall.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars insane!, August 22, 2003

By	D. W. Howell (PA, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I got this cd like last month and all I can say is its so stinking amazing. 13 is the only song I don't care for, but then again its an outro so those are usually songs I skip anyways. So if you see this cd you should buy its because its amazing. Oh yeah and the song 'Nothing' is my favorite song, check it out if you can.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not bad., May 17, 2003

By	Scott Heisel (Cleveland, OH) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

A lot of you have been bitching lately that Victory Records has lost it's edge. With it's recent releases of bands like Snowdogs, the Reunion Show, and Count The Stars, as well as new signings like Spitalfield, a lot of you old hardcore kids who grew up on Snapcase and the like are feeling a little bit hung out to try. Well worry no longer, because Waterdown should soothe your stressed nerves while at the same time get you moshing in your computer chair.

Waterdown is a six-piece technical hardcore band hailing from over the Atlantic Ocean in Germany, to be exact, and their style [to my mostly virgin ears, by hardcore standards] seems to fall in between two former Victory bands - Boy Sets Fire and Thursday. Their sound is more focused and deliberate than that of Thursday's, and singers Marcel and Ingo are both better singers *and* screamers than anyone in that New Jersey outfit.

As for the Boy Sets Fire comparison, Waterdown's breakdowns seem to draw parallels to the moshing parts in slower BSF songs. Lyrically the band doesn't even come close to Nathan Gray's political poetry, but for a bunch of Germans writing and singing in English, it certaintly isn't a poor effort.

The disc has some obvious standouts in the first few tracks, of which "A Fortress" and "Transient" have become my favorites. "Xerox" shows more of a Quicksand-esque posthardcore element being injected into the mix, but it gets stale by the fourth minute of the song. The band has a hard time escaping their own formula for the rest of the album, using up most of their tricks in the first dozen minutes or so. Still, there's definitely potential here, and for those hardcore purists who are waiting for Victory to return to form, this might just be the release to reaffirm your belief in the label.

3.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good but nothing fantastic, February 24, 2005

By	Smithy1185 (San Diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews

When I got a Victory Records cd sampler with the purchase of a Thursday cd, I really liked the song Xerox on it. After listening to it several times, I decided to go get this cd. Now while it isn't the best out there, it is pretty good. To me there were a few too many songs that never really stood out to me or sounded too similar to one another. I like the vocals alot on here and its nice to have both styles on here, but it still doesn't help the fact that this band needs to improve a bit more for their next release.