Burden of a Day--Pilots and Paper Planes

My my, another punky Christian screamo band. The band, known as Burden of a Day, comes out of Sarasota, Florida and is releasing their debut album, "Pilots and Paper Planes." The band plays with mildly noticeable Christian themes, more noticeable is their playing style modeled after self-described influences such as Mortal Treason, Chasing Victory, Staple, Anam Cara, and Forever Changed.

The description of screamo is a vast understatement for Burden of a Day. Every song includes the same headache-inducing screamed vocals, making any words, or music for that matter, hard to hear. If you like that sort of stuff in your music, I think you’ll be all over Burden of a Day, the vocals at least. The instrumentals are drowned out by the vocals, which is probably a good thing. They are all distorted, and stay distorted, which is dull. The guitar parts stay within the confines of power chords, varying only into quick little single-note runs. The first song on the album "For Tomorrow We Die" hits hard, and even the non-screamo fan is at least impressed by what the band has created. By the third track, you’ve heard "For Tomorrow We Die" three times, under different names. The songs all sound alike, and the album becomes increasingly boring because of it.

Most importantly though, Burden of a Day sounds like every other screamo band. They’re talented no doubt, but not original, and that’s a major downfall. A screamo fan may find some interest in "Pilots and Paper Planes", but for the listener who enjoys actual singing, Burden of a Day is the Christian band that Jesus forgot.

(Published at ComfortComes.com)