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At The Drive-In - in•tera•li•a

19/04/17

An entire 17 years after the release of cult-hit Relationship of Command, At The Drive-In have returned (a bit like a sequel to a film we never asked for) with their new album in•ter a•li•a. And yes, I absolutely had to copy and paste that title from the internet.

17 years is a long time, yet At The Drive-In crash back into your ears after a forebodingly ambient intro as if no time had passed at all. The opening track No Wolf Life The Present twangs and screeches throughout the song as lead singer Cedric Bixer-Zavala spits into the mic that reminds you of the glory days of Rage Against The Machine and Zach De La Rocha. The next handful of tracks continue to carry this momentum - however, it doesn’t take very long for the album to become seemingly repetitive as it doesn’t present itself with anything new or wacky to cling onto. In a day and age with bands like Letlive. and Every Time I Die owning the territory of post-hardcore music, this album sadly falls short in comparison as it doesn’t quite match the bite, or originality, of its contemporaries and its predecessor.  

6/10