Lost Boy (album) explained

Lost Boy
Type:studio
Artist:MyChildren MyBride
Cover:MCMBLostBoy2010.jpg
Released:June 8, 2010
Recorded:2009
Studio:Glow in the Dark Studios, Atlanta, Georgia
Genre:Metalcore
Length:40:46
Label:Solid State
Producer:Matt Goldman
Prev Title:Unbreakable
Prev Year:2008
Next Title:MyChildren MyBride
Next Year:2012

Lost Boy is the second full-length album by American metalcore band MyChildren MyBride. It was released on June 8, 2010 through Solid State Records. The album was recorded at Glow in the Dark Studios in Atlanta, Georgia and produced by Matt Goldman.[1]

Review

Christian metalcore outfit MyChildren MyBride's sophomore effort rises above its 2008 predecessor with a more adventurous approach to the genre. The basic tenets of the style (toneless screaming and staccato riffs layered over a foundation of tight, dry, double kick drum pedal bursts) are well represented on Lost Boy, but the machine screw production and tone-deaf melodic structures that often accompany those parameters are not. Guitarists Robert Bloomfield and Daniel Alvarado know how to grind out basic jackhammer riffs, but they also know how to take those riffs and bend them into something real, melodic, and surprisingly progressive. Standout cuts like “Hooligans” and “Redeemer” benefit from the old-school punk gang vocals, and producer Matt Goldman (Underoath, the Chariot) allots vocalist Matthew Hasting's voice (which is surprisingly effective and utterly devoid of Cookie Monster posturing) the room it needs to be heard, resulting in another strong outing for both the band and the increasingly “solid” Solid State Records.[2]

Credits

MyChildren MyBride
Session musicians
Production

Notes and References

  1. http://www.solidstaterecords.com/releases/763/Lost_Boy/about/ "Solid State Records - Lost Boy'"
  2. http://allmusic.com/album/lost-boy-r1805989/review "Solid State Records - Lost Boy'"