From First To Last
Heroine

Nasty and really good, From First To Last release their second album, "Heroine" and manage to once again change the standards of their sound.

In fact, unlike other bands, with this album, From First To Last move away from and abandon overly catchy and commercial melodies, thus distancing themselves from that audience of teenage kids who are making emo a trend (sorry, but I just had to say it).

The sound appears more thought-out almost sacrificing a bit of their anger perhaps to strike with better precision and power. Now let's move on to the album's tracklist: it starts with "Mothersound", a track that has nothing to do with their first album, "Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has a Body Count" except in the lyrics, where singer Sonny Moore, with his frustrated and almost unique voice, expresses himself at his best. The song ends with several bursts of almost insane electric guitar; then comes "The Latest Plague", in my opinion, one of the best tracks of the album, with its very refined electronic start presenting what will be the album's first single. One of the best tracks is definitely "World War Me": a track of about 3 minutes full of emotional melodies and rhythm changes leading to a truly amazing chorus. The eighth track, "The Leavy" is the catchiest song on the album thanks to its continuous choruses. On the other hand, "Goodbye Waves" will be much appreciated even by calmer listeners with its uninterrupted arpeggio and constant two-part singing that calms the listener at least until a wave of electronic effects breaks in.

The tenth and penultimate track is also very beautiful, "Waltz Moore", a song that in a way tells the biography of singer Sonny Moore and the time he underwent vocal cord surgery. The album then closes with "Heroine", a piece of significant substance, filled with anguished and exasperated words accompanied by an obsessive and heavy rhythm.

In conclusion, the album represents a valid example of a group that possesses skill, technique, and originality and clearly knows what they're doing. The work is in fact not exactly easy listening, especially for those who are used to the band's old sound, but it is definitely one of the best hardcore-emo albums I have ever listened to.

p.s: Sorry if I made the review a bit long, but given the criticism I received for the short length of my other reviews, I decided to make up for it with this wonderful album, listen to it! ;)