Libricide is a multi-faceted modern rock band based out of New York, USA, fusing styles and taking stages to create an original sonic experience that broadens your mind and gets stuck in your head. The band has just released their latest full-length album, Consilience.
The album wastes no time jumping right into the rock with the album opener “Fork Union”. A frantic mix of rock and metal with an interesting time signature. This is followed up with the first single on the album, “Over Everything” which opens with some crunchy riffs and a little guitar lead solo before giving way to the first verse. This track really shows off Libricide’s skill as songwriters, with the pre-chorus, chorus, and post-chorus riff of “I’m Over Everything” blending seamlessly and raising the sonic stakes each time.
“Everything Is Easy” has a great bounce to it, making it a hard rock song that dares you to not bob your head along with its infectious groove. This song really shows off their guitar chops as well! The band’s lead single and most popular entry “Silence” is up next at 4th. The track paints a grim picture of the future while showcasing vocalist Harun Godal’s lyrics and vocal prowess.
The single is followed up by the acoustic ballad, “Them Without You”, a single in its own right and a nice respite at the halfway point of the album. “Last Time” is a nice midtempo album track that is pleasing without making too many waves. It features some gorgeous instrumentation and a great outro.
The second half of the album is a bit of a mixed bag as the band experiments with different genres. Up next is the title track, which surprisingly is an intricate instrumental. While it’s a good track, the placement seems a bit off and makes the song feel more like back-half album filler than I’m sure they meant it to be. Perhaps, with it bearing the album’s name, it would have been best placed as the first or last track of the album as an intro or outro track. As it is, it seems like a 7th inning stretch intermission.
With track 8, Libricide breaks out “Acceptable Losses”, possibly the heaviest track on the album, and a turn towards a more metal sound, which feels good but slightly out of place on the record. Following up on the “am I still listening to the same band?” trend comes the Rage Against Machine/311-esque “Work Right Now”. While the song works well alone in a vacuum, complete with record scratches and djing, it feels out of place on the album.
Libricide gets back on track with “Deliver Us” and the album closer “It All Might Fall”, two more doses of their style of melodic hard rock.
Libricide Is:
Harun Gadol – Vocals/Guitar
Dylan Stark – Lead Guitar
Paul Paldino – Bass
James Knoerl – Drums
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