The third studio long-player from the shape-shifting Las Vegas-based post-hardcore/pop-punk/glam metal unit, the Epitaph-issued Just Like You finds the band doubling down on the metalcore aspect of its sound, as well as parting ways with bass player Ron Ficarro and bringing in Escape the Fate bassist Max Green to fill the vacancy. Heavier and more screamo-oriented than 2013's rap and hip-hop-influenced Fashionably Late, the 12-track set was preceded by the singles "God, If You Are Above...," "Guillotine IV (The Final Chapter)," "Stay Away," and "Sexy Drug." ~ James Christopher Monger
Rovi
元エスケイプ・ザ・フェイトのロニー・ラドク率いる5人組の3作目だ。"Sexy Drug"や"Just Like You"をはじめ、持ち味のチャラついた80s感を十二分に打ち出しつつ、家族や友人の死というヘヴィーな題材を扱ったナンバーではシリアスな面も覗かせる。メタリックなサウンドとポップなメロディー、激情シャウトとキャッチーなコーラスを巧みに織り交ぜ、抜群のバランス感覚で聴き手を引き込む一枚。
bounce (C)粟野竜二
タワーレコード(vol.377(2015年3月25日発行号)掲載)