It was not hard deciding which Screamo album to acquire. There were many artists to draw influence from, and one band was common with almost all of them. Ampere is a New Hampshire band that plays like the hardcore kids but is passionate like the emo kids.
This album starts off fast and ends fast. Each songs begins with guitar distortion and ends with guitar distortion, blending into the next. It is an unending assault of speed and urgency. On a more unimportant note, these guys and gal can play their instruments quite well, especially for the speed they play.
After their own material, the album contains covers by bands that obviously influenced Ampere. Born Against, DRI, Antioch Arrow, Bad Brains, and Wire. They're awesome covers, some of which I rather would hear from Ampere than their original writers.
And after the covers are 5 live songs that sound no different from their recorded versions. Flawless.
My attitude towards screamo is that as long as your passionate about the music you're playing, it doesn't matter how good you sound. This philosophy remains ungrasped by people that dislike punk rock, sadly. Sure Underoath and Bring Me the Horizon can play good music, but there's no feeling in it. It's all just a display of talent. Ampere writes about the abuse of policy and the deaths of close ones, and they don't make it sound whiny. They are truly pissed and sad about it. Fuck the kids that don't like the way they sound.
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