Fare You Well
Sounds like a serenade
Diet Records

A wall of sound? Check. Attitude? Check. Lots of harmonies? Check. Breakdowns? Check. Emo? You bet! When Canan from Satirnine teams up with members from The Ackermans, the result is somewhat blurry. Like a job half done. 'Cause when you're in this emorock genre, it doesn't matter if the musicianship is brilliant (and it is on this disc, I give them that), you need strong melodies and big choruses. Something Fare You Well is missing. There are, on the other hand, some tracks that stand out. The poppy "Take me away" offers up a nice touch that sounds a bit like a darker form of The Promise Ring and the heavy "Traps" follows the vein of Bad Astronaut. But as a whole, the album isn't as edgy as I want this kind of music to be and it is certainly not what I expected from Canan. A sign of the times I suppose. Sounds like a serenade? Nah, sounds more like a sleeping pill.
- Jonas Appelqvist