Moneen - The Red Tree

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If you haven't heard of these guys, now is the time to get into them, because they are gonna get big in the emo scene soon, if this album is any indication. Trips got me into Moneen about two years ago or something, but they never particularly "wowed" me. Skip forward to two nights ago when I perchance was reading an article about the album. Curiosity got the better of me and I gave the album a download.

I was completely blown away. Moneen have come a long way in a short time, and now present you with an album that has not only complex ferocity in spades (the bassline to If Tragedy's Appealing, Then Disaster's an Addiction is incredible; Don't Ever Tell Locke What He Can't Do), but also restrained beauty (The East Has Stolen What The West May Want/This Is All Bigger Than Me/There Are A Million Reasons For Why This May Not Work... ). There is not a bad song to be found. A little bit Circa Survive, A little bit The Get Up Kids, The Red Tree is an excellent release for anybody who likes super-ep emo rock anthems.

5/5

Track List:

1. Don't Ever Tell Locke What He Can't Do
2. If Tragedy's Appealing, Then Disaster's An Addiction
3. Bleed and Blister (version 3)
4. The Day No One Needed To Know
5. This Is All Bigger Than Me
6. The Frightening Reality Of The Fact That We Will All Have To Grow Up And Settle Down One Day
7. The Politics Of Living And The Shame In Dying
8. The East Has Stolen What The West May Want
9. Seasons Fade... Fevers Rage... It's a Slow Decay
10. There Are A Million Reasons For Why This May Not Work... And Just One Good One For Why It Will
11. The Song I Swore To Never Sing