The new album is a surprising change and almost stunning to hear at first take. Although it seemed innevitable, I for one never thought Davey Havok would completely abandon his scream that has been adorned by AFI fans throughout all the years. Though Davey still keeps some of his classic rasp on some of the tracks like, for instance "sacrilege", it certainly isnt the Davey of old. All in all "sacrilege" is the most classic AFI song on the album and one of my favorites. You will be hard pressed to find a more biased AFI fan than myself but to be honest after my first listen to "Crash love" I told friends that I liked 2 or 3 tracks at most. But being the die hard fan I am, and understanding that this happens with every new release from this band I decided to listen again and find what I liked. And, as bold as this seems, I say that Crash Love is by far the best AFI album to come out. It's definantly a pop record for rock kids, but they haven't lost their edge completely. Many fans were upset when Jade gave up his crunchy, full sounding riffs on 2006's December Underground, but Crash Love is Jade's triumphant return. While a few tracks still rely on an atmospheric sound ie. "Okay I feel better Now" and "Darling I want to Destroy you", the album as a whole bridges together the sound of Sing the Sorrow and December Underground. Jade returns with heavy riffs and dominant lead parts evident in the first single "medicate".When talking about "Crash Love" Davey said in interviews that they did not set out to write a timeless record but he feels they truly did, and I could not agree more.
Stand Out Tracks
- Beautiful Theives
- Medicate (first Single)
- Okay I feel better now (Softer but a great slow song)
- I am trying to be here (Daveys Dictator voice, with march beats, a Manson-esque song from the Anti-Christ Superstar Days)
- Sacrilege (A sure favorite of old AFI Fans)
- It was mine (One of the softest songs in AFI history, almost sounds like Chris Issack's Wicked Game, but the best pop song AFI has ever written.
Should've been left on the cutting floor
- Veronica Sawyer Smokes (Almost unlistenable)
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