review by: Larissa Parson

The press release accompanying this album boasts that Finnish group Lullacry “is indeed up to the task of not only outdoing the musical quality of their earlier releases, but also opening new doors towards a more crossover and alternative audience.” As a member of the more alternative target audience, I have to say, I seriously doubt the truth of this statement.

This album is so bad, it’s almost addictive: the worst of 80s rock combined with the most angst-ridden lyrics you can imagine. If only one could say that the lyrics are the worst part. But it goes deeper than that. The few tracks that could be good, as far as their instrumentation goes, have such magnificently bad lyrics that you can’t listen. An example is “Heart of Darkness,” which appears well into the second half of the album, features a great bass line, a few crunchy multi-guitar binges, and lyrics like: “Please save me from the heart of darkness/ Please save me from my darkest hour/ I gave everything I had to give /Please save me from the heart of darkness,” all sung in perfect saccharine harmony, which makes it hard to take these pleas seriously. Please save me.

If the tunes were catchier, this might be as much fun as T.a.T.u. Instead, I was left thinking that if this band could stick with rockin’ hard, and get rid of a little bit of melodrama, this could almost be listenable. (2/10)