WE ARE THE FURY
Infinate Jest EP
East West Records 2006
www.wearethefury.net

What’s the 4-1-1?
Debut EP by the Toledo, Ohio five-piece.

Genre
Hard rock / emo / post-punk / new punk

The Good
I only had to sit through five songs. I really dug the model on the cover too.

The Bad
I tried and tried to find something good about this release, but every time I thought I had something, I was reminded at how piercing, whiney, annoying, and out-of-tune the vocals were. The band has some decent beats and chord changes similar to 70s David Bowie and more recently Jet. However, Jeremy Lublin’s vocals are so accentuated and over-emphasized to mimic the style of late 70s glam and post punk, that they are jarring to the ear and impossible to enjoy. Despite his American roots, Lublin does a great job of sounding like every British punk band frontman that didn’t quite have it. Perhaps if he was backed up by hard charging punk rock distortion and frantic chord changes, things would be different.

The Verdict
Just awful!

Did You Know?
We Are the Fury was originally know as The Fury, but had to change their name due to legal reasons.

Rating: out of 5

--George Dionne