Every Time I Die have always been heavy, but never before have we seen them melt faces and shred so heavily like on their latest release New Junk Aesthetic. They have taken notes from each of their previous releases and turned the volume even higher, leaving the listeners with one hell of a ride.
The albums tears into it from the beginning, with intense guitar riffs and drums that throw the listener from one corner of the room to the next. Songs like “Who Invented The Russian Soldier” and “White Smoke” are amongst some of the bands heaviest material. As heavy as the material is, thanks to the fury and rage of lead vocalist Keith Buckley, it’s hard for any musical listener to not want to smash their head against a wall and mosh with the best of punk rockers.
While the album is primarily heavy and an assault of screams and riffs, there is still plenty of time to jam in some cathy hooks here and there. ETID have always had a certain souther rock charm about them on previous releases, and the song (and appropriate first single) “Wanderlust” is a great example of this with a terrific hook complimented by extreme vocal delivery. “Host Disorder” and “For The Record” also possess this same charm and extreme hook delivery catchiness.
New Junk Aesthetic is easily ETID’s most concise effort thus far. The album goes from start to finish with a firm grip on the neck of the listener and never lets up once (even when things slow down a bit like on “Turtles All The Way Down”). Little can be complained about by heavy punk fans from this album, as it is a great example of exactly how hard a band can rock out and still command legions of fans to sing along.
