the scars... they hurt

Well, some of us would rather feel like we're the GM in some sort of game that you play after you die to see whether or not you're worthy of ascending to a higher plane than feel like we're in the zombie apocalypse. Also, Valve can't be the one true god because it's run by more than one person, so ha! I win! Adam Gontier is the one true god! Moving on...

Attention all yoctograms! System of a down is not breaking up, they're just going on hiatus while the members all start different projects. Now that I've said that, it's X 2 review the Scars on Broadway album, titled Scars on Broadway. I don't think it's wrong for bands to name their first album after their band, Adam Gontier did the exact same thing. But that's exactly it; it's not original anymore.

So, as hinted at by the title of this post, I had some zetta deep scars after listening to this album. They all came from exactly one source: The lyrics. They zetta suck. Their's really no other way to put it. I took Chemicals off my iPod because I could not tolerate its lyrics. The sad thing is, Chemicals was actually one of the better songs on this album. If Daron had just gone, "la la la la la la" instead of saying, "Come eat some chemicals with me," it would've been tolerable. But whenever Daron starts talking about drugs, I cringe in fear of the zetta fail that is his lyrics. Most of the other lyrics aren't as bad, but the first few times you hear some of these songs... I don't expect the lyrics of every song to be this good, but they could've tried a little harder. Considering the band is made of more than one member, I find it hard to believe that the band members were rehearsing and NONE OF THEM said, "These lyrics kinda sorta totally completely suck." I suppose you could argue that System of a Down didn't have the best lyrics ever, but it somewhat fits with Serj's high-pitched voice. Which brings me to my next point.

I've always wondered how hard it is for a guitarist to match his sound with that of the singer, and Scars on Broadway answered loud and clear. The answer is, "It's very hard, Sho, especially when you're singer's voice is as high-pitched as Serj's voice is." You can tell that Scars on Broadway has the same guitarist as System of a Down, for Daron sticks to his guitar style, but, at the same time, he's using a different sound while in Scars on Broadway. Scars on Broadway sounds less punk than System of a Down did; every note seems to fall in line perfectly rather than creating a barrage of notes that amounts to something cool.

If I were to guess, I'd say that this is an off album for Scars on Broadway. It may seem like madness to say that about a band with only one album, but listen to They Say and then listen to the rest of the album! I've always held the opinion that a band's hit singles are a better sign of their talent than their albums, so it is my opinion that their future albums will be better. It is, after all, a new band, so who knows what kind of trouble they've gotta sort out? Desite this, the album still has singles beyond They Say that are more than worth the money. World Long Gone and Serious are good enough songs that the album definetely is not a waste of $10.

Overall? Its zetta okay! It would've been zetta good if the lyrics didn't zetta suck, but I'm not some factoring hectopascal who gives an album five stars for being average, kinda like all the tasteless tetrahedra who review albums on iTunes. I suppose if you have a more flexible sense of humor than me, you'll find the lyrics on this album to be humorous, in which case you'd have to be zetta crazy to pass this album up, but otherwise, approach this album with caution. Still haven't downloaded that one album by your seventh favorite band? Get that instead.