What's The Story?
This track is from The Fall of Troy's second album, Doppelganger; although it originally appeared on their first, self-titled album.
Who's To Blame?
A plastic guitar with multicolored buttons.
Why ♥ It?
Take excitement, harness it into a ball of pure energy, and throw that ball at a small child. That is what it feels like to listen to this song.
The dissonant chords and screaming at 0:20 set an intense stage for what's coming. As this transitions into the verse, the song is off and sailing at a frantic pace. The scream is replaced with a clean vocal (The Fall of Troy alternates as well as anyone), and the verse is a flash. I think I might've liked the chorus better if it kept clean vocals, but I'm sure many would disagree, and I'm down with that. The band does a good job on both fronts regardless. Like alternating between a scream and clean vocals; The Fall of Troy does the entire post-rock genre justice.
& the lead guitar is phenomenal. There's always a voice from that layer.
The outro is totally noteworthy as well. The last minute feels like jamming over the same riff forever; on stage that minute could easily become 10. Generic jam songs aren't all too common in post-rock, but this may be as close as you're getting.
If you want something that is at once intense and fun, check this track out.
