Emery - I´m only a man (deluxe edition)

Toothandnail Records . release date 10/02/07 . review written by Oliver

Emery is a band that has found in 2001 in South California. They´re still one of the very best artitsts to find on Toothandnail records.You might call them Emo or Screamo or whatever - to me, they´re just creative and impressive musicians, that play beautiful and honest music. On January 27, 2004 the band released their debut record "The Weaks End" on Seattle´s Toothandnail records - recorded by Ed Rose, who also worked with Underoath, The Get Up Kids and tons of other great bands. The record gave me a blast, because to me it just sounded like an awesome mixture of The Hives and Refused. Well, in 2004 just released their strongest material. I even received their demo records, before they got signed to Toothandnail. The scene got shocked by all the beauty, when Emery released "The Question" on Tooth in 2005. They lowered the screaming parts and put the beautiful singers voice in the focuss. Now the band released it´s third studio album on Toothandnail. What can you expect, when you listen to "I´m only a man". First up I need to let you know, that Emery is still a very good band, but you can´t compare their debut record and their latest record any more. The difference between those releases is just impressive. On "I´m only a man" the fragile singers voice collide with super energic drum work and damn strong guitar and bass lines. The new record starts with the opener "Rock-N-Rule". This tunes contains so much power and beautiness at once. The track is fallowed by "The Party Song" a super massive Hit - with electronic elements - that got recorded in a mid-tempo manner. Devin Shelton and Toby Morell have such bittersweet voices and both singers complement one another. "The Party Song" directly grabs you by the heart and you have no other option to shout out loud and sing-a-long with your heroes on every single verse. The next song is in my opinion the most outstanding track on the record, called "World Away". The fresh and beautiful refrains makes my brain freak out completely. The dulcent voices and the soft drum work plus those gleamy guitars in the back, gonna round off this song. I like the fact, that Emery still offers some passages, when one of the singers is shouting out loud. In "World Away" you can find a few harder passages. The more I listen to the new record, the more I get impressed. The fantastic debut record from 04´s is not competitive any more, but the newer stuff just reveals true feelings and beautiness. Sometimes Emery becomes very histrionic and serious - especially on their song "After the Devil beats his wife" - which is a complex tune, with complicated guitar solo, some effects, heavy guitar work plus aditional screaming and piano in the back. The constant developement of the band makes me speechless. I really do wonder, why they are not to find on a major label. Anyway. The "Deluxe Version" contains eleven studio tracks plus five live sets, performed with an accoustic guitar. In addition to the CD you find a DVD with 21 (!) songs on. I think this is really enough Emery music for your money, right? Emery is really highly recommended on P76. To me the band is not only on the cutting-edge of Rock music, no, to me they are the new Rock music!

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