Search - Burden of a Day :: Pilots and Paper Planes

Amazing

J. Stewardson | Rochester NY USA | 03/08/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The band is very amazing and this album show it all. The best song on the album probably is "High Noon" because it's unique and its so aggressive. The lyrics is beautifully written. I definitely recommend this album to any fan of aggressive music."

Shows Incredible Potential [3.5 Stars]

RaisedOnSpitalfield | (South) Medford, Oregon 5-4-1 | 10/18/2008

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Burden Of A Day hail from florida, the mecca of all things screamo/metalcore, so their loud, in your face agressive style is almost to be expected. Indeed, BOAD have been drawing comparisons from across the spectrum - likened to everything from underoath and norma jean to taking back sunday and thrice - all in hopes of pinning something down. Now, I'm not about to contradict the critics, but I think they're missing something critical here; BOAD are almost as much pop as they are metalcore or screamo. The proof? Check the chorus on nearly every song. Catchy and concise, seemingly ripped from the playbooks of [insertrandompoppunkbandhere]. This isn't a bad thing, mind you. But it's key when describing the sound.



Another missing comparison (or one that isn't mentioned much), is to Thursday. In fact, listening to the track Sound Of Solace may even be a bit deceiving to the untrained ear. Between the dual layed scream sing vocals and soft spoken word exchange, you'd swear geoff himself had atleast a single hand in the song writing (until of course, the death metal guitar outro kicks in).



All comparisons aside though, BOAD stand out just enough to show promise. Their sound is a mash up of all styles screamo, a "best of core" band, if you will. And Pilots & Paper Planes is a relatively solid debut, save for the nearly insufferable No blood, No foul and the techincal guitar mess on the above mentioned Sound of Solace. Hey, not every track can be a winner when you're incorporating so many different sounds.



For me, and as I felt with Alexisonfire and their 2003 debut, I like what I hear...I'm just not ready to love it yet. Here's to hoping that like Alexis, and the awkward pre-Aaron underoath, BOAD really find their footing in the highly antisipated follow-up. Recommended."

Burden of a Day ~Pilot & Paper Planes~

RaY RaY Pine | Philly | 05/25/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Dropping names like it's their business) the write-up for this band includes Beloved, Thursday, The Bled and Refused) Burden of a Day has created a lot of hype around their Blood&Ink Records debut. Hype or not, does the record pay any dividends?



Yes.



This is high quality screamo. Taking lead tones from Thrice, the verse style of Underoath and the occasional atmospheric outro section of Beloved, this band have got it together. Even the drumming reminds me of Joe Musten. Despite the genre being oversaturated with this style of music, if its high quality, I'll listen!



"Escapism as an Art Form" will appeal to any fan of the screamo genre. This song just sticks with you--catchy, great leads all throughout and the combination of scream/sing vocals work very well here.



"No Blood No Foul" is another killer song that fits in with the aggressive end of screamo and a great breakdown that'll have you flailing along. I enjoy the added violin work in this song as well--this is something that these bands aren't doing much of and I'd like to see it more!



Every track on this album ends up being a solid piece of screamo work. What are the down points? As per usual, the disc isn't breaking any new ground. It pretty much does what you expect it to do for a screamo disc... but what a great job it does! The gruff vocals sound like The Bled and the clean vocals in most of the songs sound exactly like Adam Lazzara from Taking Back Sunday.



Take Underoath, Taking Back Sunday and The Bled and smash them together. That's what you've got. Take that as you will, but I'll take it and rock the hell out thank you!"