Anti Hero
Snakes And Liars

LA RECENSIONE

The Tuscan Anti Hero are children of our times, the classic musical project capable of incorporating into their DNA what is currently most popular. This impression is given by "Snakes & Liars," a mini album of five tracks that, in its artistic linearity, manages to show some interesting details that push the group itself out of the pot of the "predictable." The start is entrusted, in my view, to the weakest track of the entire batch, "I’m The Enemy," which sees the melodic voice - the main aspect the band definitely needs to improve - a bit too much in the spotlight, slightly dulling the tone of a song that offers its best only in the final, heavier part. Well, if we want to be objective, Anti Hero is the classic band that, in my opinion, to sustain the classic vocal dualism, should have a melodic voice capable of holding its own against the growl and the sound itself, both aggressive and more comfortable in the scenario set up in "Snakes & Liars." After the opener comes "Ronald Disgust," the first single and surely the best calling card of the Tuscan combo, with a sick underlying riff, choruses, and all-out growl. "Saviour" and "Back Home" take us back a few years, precisely the early New Millennium, where nu-metal was at its height, powerful tracks that in their five minutes succeed in offering well-crafted instrumental solutions without boring. Closing the album is the title track, a song that, in my view, stands apart from the entire tracklist through features that embrace the more recent post-hardcore, with rhythmic and vocal twists that offer the track new lifeblood. Ultimately, being a mini, it is difficult to be objective in terms of judgment; what is certain is that Anti Hero, musically speaking, have very clear ideas, while on the vocal front there is still hard work to be done to find the right balance. That said, it remains a good first step that leaves several doors open for the band in the future.