After a seven-year hiatus, Saosin has graced us with yet another amazing, but very different album. This is the band’s third full-length release, with Anthony Green finally returning to his original place at lead vocals. Green was one of the founding members of Saosin, but left due to creative differences. He went on to create Circa Survive— bless him for doing so— and develop a successful solo career. Saosin replaced Green with Cove Reber in 2004. Reber had a similar singing style to Green’s minus Green’s unique high-pitched sound, and became the voice fans associate with Saosin. The absence of Reber’s voice on the latest album is highly noticeable, and the album sounds like any one of Circa Survive’s releases. Despite this absence, “Along the Shadow,” with its fast-paced guitars and clever melodies, consists of eleven wholesome tracks. A deluxe version with two additional songs is also available. “Along the Shadow” it is a phenomenal “Circa” album that any post-hardcore listener would enjoy, but at the end of the day, it just isn’t what Saosin fans have become accustomed to.
Release Date: May 20, 2016
For fans of: Circa Survive
Favorite Tracks: Ideology is Theft, Second Guesses, The Silver String
You can listen to “Along the Shadow” on Spotify and Apple Music.
PHOTO CREDIT: M. ONTIVERO
