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A Types
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock, Metal
 
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All Artists: Hopesfall
Title: A Types
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Trustkill Records
Release Date: 11/2/2004
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock, Metal
Styles: Hardcore & Punk, American Alternative, Alternative Metal
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 824953005727, 016861821524, 016861824525

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Mediocre shadow of former glory
moxy silver | 03/02/2006
(1 out of 5 stars)

"Simply put, "A Types" varies little from the hordes of other dime-a-dozen emo records currently crowding the market. Yes, I'll give them respect for trying a different direction from their previous works. However, this new style happens to be the exact same insipid cookie-cutter sound that every other floppyhaired/lip pierced clone band out there is currently doing, only with a few spacey twists. The melodies and song structures wander and meander, in some places building tension and then abandoning the idea without resolution. Sonically, it's lukewarm- never really rocking too hard, never really getting quite as beautiful and spacey as they used to on other records.



I don't recommend this album at all, it is the lowest quality record the band has put out (which isn't surprising, considering only one original member remains). Instead, I recommend '...No Wings to Speak Of", "the Frailty of Words" or "the Satellite Years," in that order.



If you think Thursday and My Chemical Romance are the best bands ever, you'll probably like this. Which is fine, I don't care how you spend your parents' money.



Finally, Hopesfall should change their name. If George Harrison kicked Paul out after John and Ringo quit and then got 3 other guys to fill in and called the band the Beatles, there would be mass outrage and rioting in the streets."
Whitebread Mediocrity
B. Dederich | 12/08/2004
(1 out of 5 stars)

"The songwriting and overall sound of this record doesn't stand out from the hordes of other 'screamo' fashionistas currently flooding the emo/hardcore genre with banal mediocrity. The lyrics and artwork are the most interesting parts of the record, with a few notable exceptions; but even those few moments of power don't add up enough to redeem this album. It's biggest weaknesses are: 1.unfocused, ignorable melodies that meander, 2.somewhat overproduced guitar, drums and bass that for the most part have been done before by 30 other bands in this genre. The guitars [with some notable exceptions]aren't nearly as varied and interestingly textured and interwoven as past .Hopesfall. records, and the drums are rather bland as well.

The resulting songwriting tends to build tension, then abandon said tension without resolving it and halfheartedly toying with a different tension, creating an atmosphere of aimlessness. They sound like they're trying to sound 'heartfelt' [god, how I have come to loathe that phrase], but sound halfhearted instead. It sounds a bit like a watered down Thursday imitation. None of this is very surprising, considering that they've only got one original member. That said, they would do well to change their name to something else.



In summation, this album is mediocre at best, and only seems poorer when compared to the band's former work."
THIS IS NOT THE SAME BAND
Benjamin Maccarthy | CO | 11/21/2004
(1 out of 5 stars)

"Complete disappointment. Ok, it sounds good, its catchy, wow he almost makes me tear with his vocals. What happened to Hopesfall? Did their lead singer get kidnapped by a [...] $$$ robot. The big wig over at Trustkill Records must have pulled all the guys into his office one day not to long ago and said this: "Alright its clear you have talent as you showed on Satellite Years. But this time you're going to forfeit your artistic brilliance for radioplay. Its going to let down all the serious Hopesfall fans out there, but of course that doesn't matter. Make a record that won't scare away the general population with screaming and yelling. Guys, what is important to you now is $$$"

Really, it's a good album if you're an emo-head, but OG hopesfall fans have officially been let down. [...]"