Album Review: A Day To Remember-What Separates Me From You

A Day To Remember is my guilty pleasure band. Normally, I don't enjoy bands that are in the same vain as them, but there is something about A Day To Remember that I have just liked. Their records tend to be pretty solid pop-punk fused with screaming and metalcore breakdowns, that tend to make their records a good time to listen. On What Separates Me From You, A Day To Remember takes their sound in a bit of a different direction.

What Separates Me From You has taken me a few listens to fully absorb. The songs are all over the place in terms of quailty. There are tracks that are quite good, absolute garbage and completely in the middle of the road. What Separates Me From You starts off with a bang with "Sticks and Bricks". This is one of the heavier tracks they have ever recorded and it has a great hook. It's vintage A Day To Remember and it ranks among the best tracks they have ever done. The albums then takes a turn to the other end with "All I Want" and "It's Complicated". These are the 2 weakest tracks on the whole record, they are poorly written and flat out weak tracks that threaten to derail the record at an early point. The records picks back up with "The House That Doubt Built", which is a punk-oriented track with a nice melodic intro and "2nd Sucks" which is a pretty good hardcore track with no clean vocals at all, which was an intresting touch.

This record is most likely going to divide A Day To Remember fans. It's a more melodic effort and there is far less screaming and breakdowns than on their past releases. It's cool they are trying to keep their sound fresh, but this record is misguided at times and the range in quality is mind-numbing. Some will be quick to dub it a sell out record, which I think is unfair because t What Separates Me From You is a decent effort, the good moments are good enough that they help the record overcome it's shitty moments. It may not be as enjoyable as their past releases, but it's still a pretty fun and catchy record.
3/5 Stars
Standout Tracks
1.Sticks and Bricks
2.You Be Tails, I'll Be Sonic
3.The House That Doubt Built