I have a huge problem with the post-hardcore genre as a whole. I'm yet to find anything original in the genre and find that a lot of bands seem to go with Alexisonfire's patented format of screaming over the top of a heavy riff and just making general noise. Exit Ten are probably the only post-hardcore band that I enjoy and the rest I tend to just clump together as repetitive and boring. However, I'd hoped that after Matt's recommendation, GOAT would offer me the creativity and inventiveness that I think does exist somewhere within post-hardcore music.I've listened to the album 3 times through now, and I honestly couldn't remember a single song standing out and making me think much more than 'that was ok'. This is my frustration with post-hardcore music. I don't hate it at all - musically I think this album is quite good - but I almost can't seem to make myself care about the album. It all just seems to blend into one wall of noise and aggression. I'm all for screaming and aggressive vocals and music (Machine Head are one of my favourite bands) but this seems to be aggression without any real purpose or point to it.
I can imagine that live there would be a brilliant energy about GOAT. Their music is lively and hard-hitting enough to make people sit-up and take notice but it struggles to hold my attention for more than a few songs. In terms of the actual content of the album, my favourite track was probably 'Canyons of Static' as it had an ever-so slightly different sound to the rest of the album. Having said that, tracks 9-11 could be equally different but I'd lost a lot of interest by this point.
I can't really find too much more to say about this album other than that I didn't really enjoy it and found it quite hard to listen to. I think that perhaps I need to accept that post-hardcore bands will never be to my taste and am going to rate this album as 1.5/5.
Someone please review Biffy :)
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