Emotionalpunk.com
Media Review
Music Quality: 8.5
Production: 8.5
Originality: 9.0
Tracklisting
2. Last Year's Nest
3. Full Color Guilt
4. Bathory's Sainthood
5. Dying On Principle
6. Handful Of Redemption
7. Release The Dogs
8. Foundations To Burn
9. Management Vs. Labor
10. High Wire Escape Artist
11. White Wedding Dress
12. On In Five
Boy Sets Fire's Tomorrow Come Today is their major-label debut. Playing with a roster comprised of bands like Seether, Finger Eleven, and Evanescence, it seems inappropriate, yet fitting for the previously small, indie group to gain such an opportunity. It's odd to see them featured with High Wire Escape Artist on the Daredevil movie soundtrack, just because we're all pretty used to them releasing records on more independent labels that don't get such mass discovery. Nevertheless, Tomorrow Come Today is a reflection of a growing band stylistically, and takes advantage of the major-label production to produce a solid melodic metalcore CD.
With Eviction Article's pretty straight-forward hardcore and heavy approach/introduction to the CD, there are hints of killer singing that mingle inbetween the hard chords and heavy vocals, but it's not until the next song that the band's blend of singing/growling/charring vocals are exposed. With a soaring, poppy chorus that sounds like a blend of AFI meets a metal chorus (blended vocals that follow along an octave guitar line), the band establishes their very keen point of blending a melodic approach with the heaviness. The piano interlude and dropout sounds perfect and adaptive to a growingly tasteful band, which wasn't possible at all on their last album. With a predictable crescendo into a chorus, the song fits the category of "solid, melodic heavy-core rock" as does Full Color Guilt.
Even with these magnificently sung songs that blend the singing and screaming well, there are still songs that don't try to reinvent the old style. Release The Dogs is all growl, no sing (well, barely any, till the huge breakapart) and is heavy as hell, much like most of their last record. So while the band takes advantage of the singer's high range (e.g. AFI, Fairweather), they don't wuss out their style at all. Tomorrow Comes Today is a heavy, blasting collection of songs that show what good advantages can come out of being drafted into a major label.