Album Review: Laughing In The Face Of – Here Lies Ordinary

Laughing In The Face Of have a reputation of being a fast Skate Punk band, and this album doesn’t dispel this reputation in any way, Fast, Furious, Riotous and so tight you could be forgiven for thinking they were joined at birth.  Having formed in the Birmingham area back in 2002, it took until 2011 to see the release of their first full length Lubrication Of Social Anxiety, this set out the the bands style as fast melodic hardcore punk, so moving on another 9 years (seems to be an almost pattern here) due for release Friday 7th February 2020 album number 2 Here Lies Ordinary hits the airwaves.

Have they slowed with age and maturity? Simple answer no!

Amazingly they seem to have gotten faster and tighter, this album does seem too have more of a beginning middle and end, not a collection of songs that have been written over the 9 years since the last one,  been thrown together and come out sounding like a greatest hits, no this is something that holds together really well and yes is a piece of work that pulls you along like a Japanese Shinkansen without brakes until you reach the end of the track.

Anybody remember Bullet For My Valentine?  Take their sense of rock, infuse it with some full on melodic punk, listening to the entire album did though bring the conclusion that the hardcore punk element might have been only left to the lyrical content, this is in no way a bad thing, hardcore is something that can throw off some listeners.  The Regression Session kicks of the ride, it lulls you into thinking that there is something softer and maybe even chilled to come from this album, oh what a red herring that is, before you even have chance to wonder should I turn the volume up, your given pretty much what your gonna get throughout, a thrashtastic blend of metal and punk guitar masterclass.

What your getting as you pretty much fly from song to song here is something that will crossover between Punk and Metal very easily, titles such as “Bullshit With A Smile” & “Rationalisation Of Stupidity” and then there is “Helldweller” all have the lyrical make up that gives the listener so much more than slicing guitar riffs and break neck drum/bass backlines, being that the majority of Punk listeners are lets just say a little on the older side in general, although its so amazing that age is definitely never a barrier when it comes to music, really hoping that the lyrics come with this package!  Yes it’s great to be able to get more from an album the more you listen, but in this case it feels like understanding what is being said from the get go could draw more listeners in.

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