By the Sign of the Spyglass

Artist: Life in Pictures
Label: Pluto
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 658445002624
EAN: 0658445002624
ASIN: B0007ZEOQ4

Release Date: 2005-04-19

By the Sign of the Spyglass

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Tracks:

All My Pirates Share The Grave
Evil Hearted Woman
Eric Hilborn
Wrecking Ball And Chain
Needle In A Haystack
Positive Mental Attitude
Sharp Shit
Hit Me With It
The Blues Is A Mighty Bad Feelin'
Powder & Arms
The Last Of The Blind Man

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Customer Reviews:

Life In Pictures Are Here To Stay.......2005-05-15

Review by Cory Rennison:

Life In Pictures is the first band to be signed to Clockwork Records, which is run by Tim Lambesis, the vocalist of As I Lay Dying. This fact alone could set some pretty high expectations and make people think that Life In Pictures are the next As I Lay Dying. One listen to this band's debut album By the Sign of the Spyglass, and you'll hear that you got much more than you bargained for.

From start to finish, By the Sign of the Spyglass shows an incredible amount of talent and creativity. Anyone expecting a normal run-of-the-mill metalcore record should turn away immediately. Every song this band pounds out is filled with their own twist of everything from Death By Stereo-styled hardcore, to the thrash and shred-fest that can be found in some of today's biggest metal bands. The lyrics are filled with emotion and honesty, and the vocals remain spastic and harsh without the excess whining, which some bands might call singing.

This record is brutally heavy and it would be a crime to see this band ignored. Tim Lambesis has signed a very impressive first band and future efforts from Life In Pictures should be just as interesting.

An album you should know about but dont. .......2005-05-07

Formed from the local scene in Prescott, Arizona LIFE IN PICTURES have been together for five hard years worth of local touring and relentless self-promotion. After a handful of EP's and demos they set out to record their debut full-length under a new San Diego based label headed by the lead singer of AS I LAY DYING. It is no wonder this band has strived to make a name for themselves and it is readily apparent in their recent release that they work hard, play hard and have the ability to brutalize you with reckless abandonment. Their take on screamo/metalcore is much more elaborate and epic in structure without all the expected sounds we have come to hear within this genre. They can crush you with a downpour of guitar hooks and then invite you into their experimental lair that is gritty yet tolerable and appropriate. The howling, agonizing vocals do tend to irritate after a while but the backing music spices everything up enough to where you don't have to focus on one sound. Inside of it all, you can hear vague traces of Swedish metal and even a power metal chord or two. The onslaught of double base work also added more punctuation to a sound that will make its presence felt from both an emotional and physical viewpoint. Quite honestly, this was a top tier album for this style of music.

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