344. The Gloria Record - the gloria record ep

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The Gloria Record sounds an awfully like a Sunny Day record, just not as musically developed, or structured in the same awe inducing manner SDRE perfected. With that said, the record's strength lies in its simplicity, where deja vu like emo sounds are enveloped in cleaner, prettier arrangements than any of the later spoon fed emo bands - it is also light years ahead of say Dashboard Confessional (not a difficult thing to achieve I suppose), but still many steps behind Sunny Day (another easy thing to achieve). Worthwhile to keep, but not to run out and buy.

6.5 out of 10