AFI - Decemberunderground
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Artist: AFIBrand: A.F.I.
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2006-06-06
Music Label: Interscope Records
Soundtracks:
- Prelude 12/21
- Kill Caustic
- Miss Murder
- Summer Shudder
- Interview
- Love Like Winter
- Affliction
- Missing Frame
- Kiss and Control
- Killing Lights
- 37mm
- Endlessly, She Said
Music reviews of Decemberunderground
Music Review: A Truly Touching and Moving Album from Punk Rock band, AFI
Rating: 5 Stars
This album was, in my opinion, the greatest album of its time. It will never be like the classic AFI we all know and love but it's still an AMAZING album with sex appeal. With beautiful, passionate vocals from lead singer Davey Havok, heart strumming riffs from guitarist Jade Puget, mellow, emotional sounds from bassist Hunter, and wonderful beats from drummer Adam Carson, this album earns 5 stars from me.
The this album left me in tears with the beautiful ending ballad "Endlessly, She Said." The songs conveyed a fusion of emotion with songs like "The Interview", "Summer Shudder", "Kiss and Control" and my personal favourite, "Love Like Winter." Listening to this album, it never grew old. When I first listened to this album, I didn't want it to end. I wanted it to go on forever. The songs on this album do more then just portray music, they make you think. They make you feel the emotion. The album paints a beautiful mental picture with every changing song. This album is probably one of my favourite album of the 21st century. This album greatly inspired me to pursue my dream and start a band of my own. AFI continues to be my musical inspiration right down to the end. I highly recommend this album to anyone who enjoys romantic, emotional, yet hardcore lyrics and music.
Prelude 12/21: When I first heard this song, it was in the Director's Cut version of the music video "Miss Murder". It left me curious and was a bit of a mystery and at the same time it was haunting. When I bought the album and heard it at the beginning, it sent chills up my spine. A wonderful opening. (9/10)
Kill Caustic: Possibly one song I would LOVE to hear at an AFI concert. Which I have. It's completely fun to mosh to with it's punk rock "I don't give a crap about you" feel. Extremely fun to scream along to. The chanting at the end of the bridge when everyone yells "DON'T SPEAK MY NAME!" is truly fun. Especially at a concert when the whole building (or arena) shouts it simultaneously. (9/10)
Miss Murder: When I first heard this, I was in shock. It had been a while since I heard AFI since Sing The Sorrow and hearing this catchy song got me moving. With the awesome bass intro that everyone loves followed by a little riff from Jade and Davey singing the chorus, this is probably the song that led me to buy the album. And the screaming bit Davey adds into the bridge is extremely fun. (9/10)
Summer Shudder: The beginning to song is soft yet haunting. The lyrics are truly beautiful and poetic and really emits a wonderful emotion. (9/10)
The Interview: I view this song as the prelude to Love Like Winter. (I don't know why though.) It's haunting, romantic, emotional, beautiful. The chorus is just amazing and the ending verse "Calm down, come down cold resides with me" sends chills up my spine with it's beautiful pipe organ. It's hauntingly beautiful. (10/10)
Love Like Winter: Possibly my favourite song on the album. I love the foots steps in the beginning. It really gets me into the song. The music video to this was simply gorgeous. Davey's vocals are upbeat and the music is an awesome blend of rock and techno. An upbeat sound with haunting lyrics. (15/10)
Affliction: Awesome song with AFI's old "punk rock" feel. Whereas it's not my favourite song on the album, I can honestly say that I choke up every time I hear the bridge "so stay sweetly numb. remain lifeless love". The hidden bonus track at the end is a great and haunting closure. (8/10)
The Missing Frame: When I heard this song at first, I wasn't really into it. After a couple of listens it grew on me. Hearing it at the concert really made me excited whenever it played. I truly love the bridge "Will the flood behind me put out the fire inside me?". To me, it portrays the longing to put away the evilness that might have been festering up inside. It's also a beautiful counteract to the band's true name (A Fire Inside). (8/10)
Kiss And Control: Okay, first off, this song is beautiful. Just downright beautiful. From the lyrics to the music to the screaming, it's beautiful. A close runner up favourite to Love Like Winter. I love the bridge wear Davey isn't singing, but SPEAKING. "We all wanna die like movie stars you said as you jumped from the height of our cutting room floor." This song is truly a beautiful ballad and leaves me feeling emotional every time. (10/10)
The Killing Lights: A song that's sort of brings back the glory days of their old sound of punk rock. With the neat little "oh!" at the beginning, this song is truly fun with a chilling ending. (8/10)
37mm: I love the way this song twists. It starts out haunting and creepy with a bit of turn towards a more poppy sound with a little piano bit in the bridge. The ending is neat with "We're no one... We're no one..." repeating with the neat "oh" in the background. (9/10)
Endlessly, She Said: Possibly the BEST ending song they've ever done. This ballad is beautiful and filled with much longing. I always end up blubbering at the end. It's a song that if you don't feel ANY emotion, you probably need your head examined. This just strums at your heartstrings and chilling ending just JERKS at them. My third favourite song on this album. (10/10)
Description of Decemberunderground
"DECEMBERUNDERGROUND is a time and a place. It is where the cold can huddle together in darkness and isolation. It is a community of those detached and disillusioned who flee to love, like winter, in the recesses below the rest of the world."-Davey HavokDECEMBERUNDERGROUND is also the title of AFI's seventh album. And like much of the record's lyrical and visual imagery, it seems to stand in stark contrast to the name behind the band's world-renowned moniker: A Fire Inside. Then again, the brightest flames burn white-they just don't burn bright for long.
"There's a lot more attention to detail on this record," Jade recalls. "We spent a long time writing it. We refused to rush ourselves. We took our time not just on every song but on each guitar part, each vocal, each bass line. We definitely didn't rush into the studio."
The fruit of this labor is a record that Davey Havok is confident "should break us out of any preconceived genres." And even on a cursory listen, the wealth and diversity of material backs him up from the first note: "Prelude 12/21" is a rhythm/vocal-oriented curveball that differs radically from the customary calls to arms that have opened all AFI albums since Black Sails. From there, DECEMBERUNDERGROUND veers from AFI's first straight-up vintage glam style shuffle on first single "Miss Murder" (complete with backing chants from The Despair Faction) to the stark and stunning soundscape of "Love Like Winter" and the epic suite "The Interview." The longtime AFI faithful need not worry, as DECEMBERUNDERGROUND features more than a fair share of familiar AFI hallmarks, from the slash and burn of "Kill Caustic" and "Affliction" to the balladic finale' "Endlessly, She Said."
Of AFI fans' reaction to the new record, Davey says, "Our fans always come with us every step of the way. I think they recognize honesty in our music, that this is the only way we can express ourselves, to make music that we love. Nothing else. That's what allowed us to make the jump way back when and what continues to keep us going now."
"Some artists fear change and their fans' reaction to it," Jade says. "A big part of our relationship with our fans is that we do change with every record. It's expected and embraced."
As AFI rode onto mainstream radio playlists with their gleaming major label debut, Sing the Sorrow, the rumble of disenchanted fans nearly drowned out that of their dark-hued music. But the heavily-tattooed San Francisco band aren't looking back on Decemberunderground, a slickly-produced, MTV-friendly disc brimming with sinister pop charms. The opening "Prelude 12/21" sets the upbeat tone with handclaps, strings, and a cheeky glam-rock stomp. AFI might still operate in that distinct area where punk, goth, and frightening stadium rock come together, only now they seem intent on crashing the retro '80s party attended by the likes of Franz Ferdinand and the Killers, with flashy tracks such as "Miss Muder" and the synth-heavy "Love Like Winter." "The Interview," meanwhile, is the closest Davey Havok has ever come to crooning a lighter-waving epic. Despite the odd lapse into the Cookie Monster metal territory of their early days ("Kill Caustic," "Affliction"), Decemberunderground is even more ambitious than its predecessor. First comes the backlash, then comes the platinum. --Aidin Vaziri
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