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Title: Essential "Emo"
Review: This CD, along with "End on End" by Rites of Spring and "Analphabetapolothology" by Cap'n Jazz, composes what I like to call the Holy Trinity of Emo.Native Nod best exemplifies the genre during it's middle period. Arpeggiated guitars, shifting tempos and dynamics, driving rhythms, and frantic vocals. You couldn't ask for more.Standouts include "Bread", "High Tide in Alaska", "Tangled" (If you listen closely during the break, you can hear lead singer Chris Leo verge on tears), and "Lower GI Bleed".The only thing that prevents this from earning a perfect score are the tracks "Mr. President" and "Runner". The former is just plain bad (I know it's one of their first recordings but by anyone's standards, it sucks), and the latter is a bore.
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