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Roseview are releasing their debut record, titled “The Misery In Me.” “Retrace” is such a fantastic opener and easily one of my favorite tracks on the record. The intro is huge and already shows emotion, especially through the guitar parts. Emotion is also shown through the lyrics as well, with lines like “Is there more to this life than what meets my eye?” and “could you fix me in the end?” being two great examples. “Leap” starts out a bit slow but quickly picks up the pace, bringing tons of energy in the instrumentation, most notably the drumming. As far as the vocals go, this song has a lot of great melodies shown through a raw vocal performance, and those melodies in the chorus are very memorable and bound to get stuck in the listener’s head.
“Haze” is a more melodic track that also has a softer start, but it builds up a lot to be a really good ballad, especially with the shouted vocals towards the end of the song, mainly during the final chorus. Speaking of aggression, that’s something you’ll hear plenty of on the two tracks that follow: “Reach” and “Step.” Although they do incorporate some clean vocals, they’re two of the heavier tracks that this record has to offer. (Sidenote - “Step” also has one of my favorite lyrics on the album: “I am not made of glass, I’m built from stone, strong enough to stand up to the rocks you throw.”) “Graveyard” has a huge intro that had me hooked right away, and while it has plenty of aggression as well with some screamed vocals and fast instrumentation, the clean vocals do get a chance to shine, and the performance on this track is fantastic. The chorus brings some interesting melodies, as well as another lyric I really loved: “It’s grim, it’s cold, but we are not alone. It’s grim, it’s cold, so we make the clouds our home.” “Home” seems to have more of a mix of clean and unclean vocals, and also brings some intriguing melodies to the table. One highlight of this track was definitely the vocal performance in the chorus, showing off the singer’s range a bit more with some higher notes. “Ghost” is another energetic track with some very impressive instrumentation, particularly the drums and guitars. “Tunnel Vision” has some great bass and drum parts driving the fast paced rhythm the song starts out with, but there are some different tempo changes throughout the song that make it one of the biggest standouts on this record. The album closes out with “December,” a track where the vocals really interested me. The performance on here consists of more shouted vocals that lean more towards melodic hardcore, and the more melodic instrumentation matches it perfectly, especially during the huge chorus. Overall, I loved this record. It shows a lot of variety, expanding a lot more within the melodic hardcore genre. The band continued to impress me over and over as they tried new things with the genre and made something that stands out a lot in it.
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