EATMEWHILEIMHOT!
If Breathe Carolina is any indication of the direction in which hardcore is headed, EATMEWHILEIMHOT! is either ahead of the curve or trying desperately to catch up (notice that EMWIH & BC share a thing for dirty-boy glamour shots).
EMWIH’s early releases suggest that the members of the band (one of whom is Nevershoutnever’s Christian/vegetarian Christopher Drew) opted for sampling chunks of the styles that influenced them instead of coming up with a coherent sound of their own.
The only two tracks I’ve listened to more than once contain geeky screaming and deathcore growls, super-slow, doom-metal breakdowns, lots of palm-muted rhythm lines, sparse electronica beats, judicious use of double-bass, and saccharine pop-punk choruses. There’s even a pirate “Argh!” somewhere near the end of “Two Armed Man,” and a tribute to Leave it to Beaver The Andy Griffith Show in “The Point.” But neither combination amounts to much. If I want hardcore, I’m going to listen to Burden of a Day, Oceana, or Underoath, or five or six of the other bands that do the crowd proud (and if I want new hardcore, I’m going to listen to Hand to Hand–post forthcoming). There’s better pop, too, like The Academy Is… (see next week’s City Lights) and Emery. And it’s telling that the more-focused “The Point” is a better song.
Ultimately, the price of being artsy–if mindless eclecticism counts as art–totals up to a limited true-fanbase, a possible quick rise to indie fame, and ultimately, obsolescence. So long as they’re working off a gimic, EMWIH will never hear their songs on indie FM stations, and I doubt they’ll release anything beyond an EP. In other words, if they last more than a season, it means that EATMEWHILEIMHOT! will have picked a genre and stuck with it.
December 17th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
fuck this you fucking suck dick!!!!
December 17th, 2008 at 5:53 pm
I take it you’re a fan?
December 17th, 2008 at 6:14 pm
i agree with brenda.
in fact, most everybody will agree with brenda.
you do suck dick.
lot’s, and lot’s of dick.
everyone loves eatmewhileimhot,
and everyone loves christopher drew.
they’re a great band.
and they have a very unique sound.
i’m mean, seriously.
what you rather your kids listen to?
eatmewhileimhot?
or today’s rap and hip hop that is about
nothing more than sex, rape, drugs, and violence.
maybe you should think about the more meaning of things,
than if you like their sound or not.
before you publish shit like this.
i rest my case.
douchebag.
December 17th, 2008 at 7:46 pm
this is crap.
EMWIH! is awesome.
you are a true douchebag
:)
December 17th, 2008 at 9:36 pm
Wow, it’s called a SIDE PROJECT.
They’re having fun.
And their music is the sht so back of.
December 17th, 2008 at 11:42 pm
you know, the people that listen to emwih! probably don’t care too much for your review. just because you’re too much of a softy and, better yet, a simple man to understand what emwih! is about and that they’re just some friends having fun, doesn’t mean you have to bash them. does this bring some joy to you? do you really have to take time away from your obviously miserable life to put down a couple of kids? so this isn’t your “thing”, and you like the softer, more pussy like metal, you have no right to say what they’re about. “geeky screaming and deathcore growls”? screaming, something you’ll never be able to do because you suck so much dick, is often used in a more sarcastic manner (hint the “fun” part of this band). so don’t get your panties in a bunch about it. i mean, take a look at heavyheavy lowlow. oh, and oceana, that’s some geeky ass screaming. and the “deathcore growls”, that’s just badassery. the electronica beats and double bass are both boss as hell. and the “saccharine pop-punk choruses”? how can you commend the academy is.. but say chris drew’s singing is no bueno? get your shit straight. and that “argh!”, is a “yah”. he says “yah, trick!”. good research though. and look at ‘em now, pretty damn successful if you ask me. a lot more amusing than your ill attempts to put shame to bands.
December 28th, 2008 at 2:20 am
Hah, the only thing wrong with this review is that it takes a great band and suggest that it is not great and then offers up a few crap bands that are the cool thing this year, Underoath for example.
The fact is, Eatmewhileimhot is not a real project, it is a side-project of Christopher Drews, who’s Nevershoutnever name makes enough money for him not to have to worry wether this side project for FUN goes anywhere or not.
January 4th, 2009 at 3:41 pm
it’s not a tribute to leave it to beaver… it’s the andy griffith show. if you’re gonna diss their pop culture references do it right.
January 4th, 2009 at 3:55 pm
@bdvtdambcs: Thanks for the heads up.
January 6th, 2009 at 5:23 pm
Wow. The responses to this have been… nasty, to say the least.
Anyway - their name has been changed to Mister Owl due to some sort of copyright issue or something, so a heads-up on that.
Anyway. Frankly, I think they’re pretty good and disagree with many points made in this post, but I won’t criticize you for publicly posting your opinions; that’s what the internet has come to be about.
What I will disagree with is you calling bands like Burden of a Day, Oceana, and Underoath “hardcore.” Firstly, I’m sure you’re referring to “deathcore,” “death metal,” or some other form of heavier metal; “hardcore” is a style of electronica, fairly similar to trance, if I’m not mistaken. Secondly, calling any of those bands “heavier metal” in general is straight up, well… LOL.
I’m not into deathcore or whatever (I actually think that stuff is quite boring; every song from every band sounds nearly identical), so please don’t take this as me defending it; I like those three bands you named. But those three bands are [Burden of a Day:] post-hardcore, [Underoath:] metalcore, and [Oceana:] I’m not sure (I haven’t really listened to them much, or in a very long time, so I couldn’t tell you off the top of my head).
And then, of course, there’s the problem of you calling The Academy Is… and Emery “pop.” They may have elements of pop blended in their musical style, but they, my fair sir, are by no means pop. (See Britney Spears or Madonna.)
Anyway… Just stopped by to give a friendly reminder to, before posting, “Wikipedia that shit!” Thanks. :)