Shadow Status– Self-titled Album

Mid-Michigan releases another great band with the hard rock rene­gades of Shadow Status. Their self-titled album was released in November of 2011, and with a reper­toire of open­ing for national acts such as Future Leaders of the World, Taproot, and Taddy Porter, bring a lot of hype for a small-town band. You too, may have heard them on WGRD 97.9’s Bootleg CD with their sin­gle “Parasite.”

They sound like a mix­ture of Chevelle and Bullet For My Valentine. I found their mix to be a lit­tle sloppy, but over­all appeal­ing. I did not like the scream­ing bits in some of the songs, and felt that it wasn’t nec­es­sary con­sid­er­ing their lyrics stand on a solid base. The gui­tar work is well accom­plished, and the under­ly­ing bass is per­fectly placed. Shadow Status’ one down­fall is that their vocal­ist seems to try to over-emote some of the lyrics, with screams or crescen­dos that are not needed due to the qual­ity of the lyrics present. They are def­i­nitely a great addi­tion the hard rock /alternative genre, and would be a great addi­tion to any col­lec­tion. Their songs will be avail­able on iTunes, Amazon and other major mp3 sell­ers by the end of the month. You can also find them online at http://​shad​ow​sta​tus​.webs​.com

3 out of 5 torchies

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