Featuring members of With Honor, Ambitions' first full length brings a change of pace to the hardcore genre. These guys pack a punch with classic hardcore power chords, but then bring a more than welcome change with their extremely melodic riffs along the lines of With Honor. What really sets these guys apart is the vocals. Rather that coarse screaming, vocalist Jay Aust relies mainly on singing and occasional yelling. A highly energetic album overall.Four and a half stars.
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I don't know exactly what it was about these guys that made me get their album, but something about them just rings right in my ears. A Post-Hardcore release that reminds me of some of the local bands that I remember from high school. They mesh together a Pop-Punk sound with an almost From First to Last style (in a good way). The album has moderately decent replay value, but doesn't throw anything new your way to keep you wanting more.
Unlike And Their Name Was Treason, this album has some pretty terrible songs. About half of them actually. Luckily, the other half of them are incredible, even better than ATNWT. They keep up the Pop-Mosh sound with slightly better production quality. However this album just doesn't have the great flow of their last album. Take it slower next time guys and get rid of your filler tracks.
This album was my first encounter with a band that was actually able to pull off "Pop-Mosh" well. A Day to Remember blends metalcore, pop-punk, and emo seamlessly and this album proves it. Coming in at eight tracks (excluding the two instrumentals), this album plays perfectly from track two to nine. While some might consider this album weak, and cliche, remember, this album was released three years ago, and was certainly ahead of it's time.