Fightstar - One Day This Will All be Yours
by Peter Allison
published: 21 / 9 / 2007
Label:
Instable Recordings
Format: CD
intro
Sombee, yet superb second album from Fightstar which kicks new life into the hard rock genre
Not having directly listened to Fightstar before, but their name having been mentioned in passing by others, I was intrigued to hear their latest album, 'One Day Son, This Will All Be Yours'. It left me surprisingly impressed. With the defiant sounding band name, I was expecting something equally assertive, but unexpectedly found a melodic – almost mournful - overall feel to the tracks; a decidedly fresh edge to the sometimes stagnating hard rock genre. Despite this mournful tone, a core of channelled aggression was effectively used to avoid the sometimes sombre lyrics becoming a cliché. Combined with the vocals, was the underlying roar of electric guitar, fused with a strong background of thunderous drumming that blends to create a truly superb album which cannot be faulted. With this diverse range of expression and instrumental accompaniment, combined with their clear vocals, it would not be remiss to draw similarities with Foo Fighters, who use similar techniques in their own work. Fightstar are, however, suitably distinctive to avoid being dismissed as merely being a clone of the aforementioned Overall, I must say 'One Day Son, All This Will be Yours' was a surprisingly impressive album, even more so in a genre that has the danger in becoming somewhat stale, and one I cannot recommend enough.
Track Listing:-
1 992 We Apologise For Nothing
3 Floods
4 One Day Son
5 Deathcar
6 I Am The Message
7 You & I
8 Amaze Us
9 H.I.P (Enough)
10 Tannhauser Gate
11 Our Last Common Ancestor
12 Unfamiliar Ceilings
interviews |
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Interview (2008) |
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| Kelly Smith chats to increasingly acclaimed post-hardcore emo band Fightstar about touring with Feeder and their third full length album which is due out early next year |
live reviews |
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Academy, Newcastle, 23/10/2008 |
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| At the Newcastle Academy, Kelly Smith watches the still grossly under rated Fightstar in support to a dull Feeder play an energetic and atmospheric set |
features |
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Fightstar 1 (2007) |
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| Katie Anderson photographs post hardcore/emo act Fightstar at a show at the Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms... |
| Fightstar 2 (2007) |
reviews |
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The English Way (2008) |
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| Highly impressive new single involving a choir from Fightstar, the first from an as-yet-untitled new album which is due out next year |
| They Like You Better When You Were Dead (2006) |
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