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Echoes The Fall
Bloodline
Album length: 10 tracks
Street Date: September 8, 2009
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One of the recent additions to VSR Music Group, the Phoenix, Arizona
natives, Echoes The Fall, are ready to break onto a crowded rock
scene. Formed in 2005 by brothers Mitch and Mike Gable, Echoes The
Fall has been seen sharing the stage with artists like Skillet, Project 86, and
Seventh Day Slumber. Their debut project, Bloodline, has been toted
as rock album which is full of chemistry, maturity, and the band's raw power.
Actually, the only thing that will really 'wow' fans about Echoes The
Fall is how much they sound like Decyfer Down and Pillar and rely on
generic rock sounds. For example, the first song and single, "Break
Away," features grinding guitars, bellowing riffs, and Dave Mackey's
rough lead vocals (which would fit perfectly on Decyfer Down's album
Crash). The album continues with "Here To Stay," a lighter rock tune
which has elements of Pillar and Day of Fire only without the
charm. The next six tracks that follow offer no surprises or
cutting-edge rock stanzas though the title track is a solid rock
tune. Not surprisingly, Echoes The Fall's cover of Survivor's "Eye Of
The Tiger" is one of the better tracks on the album because of the
clean beat which stands out from the rest of the album. This really
should signal that the band shouldn't necessarily aim for being a
riff-defined band.
For the most part, Echoes The Fall is lyrically straight forward as
they offer their need for a savior on "Here to Stay" ("I need this
light to keep me from feeling so dead inside"), while also tackling
issues such the salvation for the wicked and those who are afflicted
("Dirty Water"). For better or for worse, Echoes The Fall doesn't use
a lot of undecipherable, creative angst-based songs, though on
"Things Will Change," the singer asks, "Have you made your peace now
with the ones you've killed/or will you wait here to die?".
Ironically the acoustic version of the song is the best on the album
because of the rare melodic piano-fused tune.
As I listened to the updated Rocky 3 theme song, "Eye Of Tiger," I
thought about the similarities of the first four Rocky movies. The
films always begin in close proximity to a boxing match, before
shifting to the long, drawn-out depressing bulk of the story.
However, when the Rocky theme music shows up and Sylvester Stallone
trains to be the fiercest boxer, he then, at least, defends his dignity
if not the title. Sadly, like the Rocky films, Echoes The Fall also
follows the traditional Christian rock formula of big guitars and
rough vocals which make for a loud stereo-burner, but dooms
Bloodline as no more than a generic rock release.
- Review date: 9/23/09, written by Nathaniel Schexnayder of Jesusfreakhideout.com
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 Record Label: VSR Music Group
Album length: 10 tracks
Street Date: September 8, 2009
Buy It: iTunes
Buy It: Amazon.com
- Break Away (3:46)
- Here To Stay (3:00)
- A Life Less Loved (3:50)
- Bloodline (3:46)
- Things Will Change (This Time Around) (3:46)
- Dirty Water (4:05)
- Your Move (4:35)
- Black And White (3:49)
- Eye Of The Tiger (3:49)
- Things Will Change (This Time Around) (Acoustic) (3:58)
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