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I Am Empire: Kings

Kings
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Release
January 25, 2011
Label
Tooth & Nail Records

Style: Modern/alternative rock; compare to Jimmy Eat World, My Chemical Romance, Anberlin

Top tracks: "Saints & Sinners," "It's Not Fair," "The Elevator," "To the Moon"

With opening act slots for Flyleaf, Sublime, Deftones, and Thursday, I Am Empire is following a similar career trajectory to former label mates Anberlin. Crossover attention is destined for this fierce five-piece outfit, thanks in part to mighty melodies, sweltering guitars and towering choruses. It's all wrapped around autobiographical themes of abandonment—starting with childhood despair from a father walking out on his family, leading to a period of internal wrestling, and eventually pointing to forgiveness and restoration.


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joe smith

February 01, 2011  8:41am

This review does not mention the music at all. Hard to call it a "music review". You should get more space for the the review or use your 5 sentences to talk about the album.

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