So on September 29 AFI's latest record Crash Love was released. Anyone who knows me knows that AFI has been my favorite band since middle school and really introduced me to the music and art I love now. So naturally I always get excited and nervous whenever anything new is released from the band. Crash Love is a great rock record, a far departure from the ghoulish, poetic days of Sing The Sorrow, as well as the hardcore days of Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes. This record was made for an arena with powerful rock songs relying heavily on Jade Puget's guitar. Songs like the first single "Medicate" as well as tracks like "Beautiful Thieves" and "End Transmission" are made to be performed in front of a large crowd.
Lyrically the record is a far cry from early records like Black Sails in the Sunset and The Art of Drowning, Davey Havok takes his tortured poetry and turns it into something everyone can digest. For me this is the most heartbreaking aspect as I have always felt deeply connected to Havok's grim poetry, especially on Sing The Sorrow.
The record, though embraced by fans, has thus far failed to chart as well as Sing the Sorrow or 2006's Decemberunderground. That can be attributed to poor marketing on Interscope's part, the video for "Medicate" was released weeks after the record. Generally the video is released with the single, giving listeners, viewers, and internet users more of an interest in what music is coming from them. Since the great success of Decemberunderground was largely attributed to the success of its first single "Miss Murder" one would think Interscope would be savvy enough to go the same direction.
Overall, buy it, you will like it, I promise.
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