Title Fight’s third album release,Hyperview, is more of the same. Not that that’s a bad thing, especially when you’re working in a niche genre like revival emo – and that’s real emo like Jawbreaker and Sunny Day Real Estate, none of this From First To Last garbage.
Hyperview has been considerably toned down, however, opting for more atmospheric and emotive rock. It sports none of the raw, throaty vocals found on Floral Green, and the drumming has taken a turn as well – technical and lingering, opposed to the circle-pit fodder that previously backed their tracks.
‘Your Pain Is Mine Now’, for instance, has something distinctly Smiths-ish about it in moniker and sound. Ned Russin does a wonderful job of mimicking Morrissey’s warble, depressed and heartfelt but with the juxtaposing jangly major chords.
However, there seems to have been a downgrade in production that gives the record a very surreal and garage feel, almost like it’s a first record, paid for and produced off the band’s own backs.
Hyperview seems unrealised, as if the band still hasn’t arrived in its final destination. Genre-bending, but at the same time sticking to a trite and true sound, this album is best directed at fans.
3.5/5.
