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Say Hello to Sunshine

Finch - Say Hello to Sunshine Audio CD

A fair review of the Finch "Say Hello to Sunshine" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Finch reviews here, or go back to the Finch tabs.

Band: Finch
Title: Say Hello to Sunshine
Rating:

Release Date: 2005-06-07
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Insomniatic Meat 2: Revelation Song 3: Brother Bleed Brother 4: Piece of Mind 5: Ink 6: Fireflies 7: Hopeless Host 8: Reduced to Teeth 9: Man Alone 10: Miro 11: Ravenous 12: Bitemarks and Bloodstains 13: Casket of Roderick Usher 14: Dreams of Psilocbin

Finch's "In Utero"
Hopefully it makes sense. Alright, I know this may draw some criticism, but I'm going to compare Nirvana and Finch.

'What It Is To Burn' was awesome, no denying it. Great riffs, great lyrics, melodies, and hooks. A nearly flawless album, much like Nirvana's 'Nevermind. ' Almost every song could have been a single. Each song was individually strong.

'Say Hello To Sunshine,' at first listen, I, like most you, thought, what the hell happened? I don't know if Finch went into the recording process with the intention of doing a complete 180, and almost in a sense distancing themselves from the 'pop' and 'sing-along' appeal their previous work. Maybe they thought it wasn't the best representation of their sound, who knows, but I think the result is much stronger. . . it just might take a few lessions to fully appreciate it. Listening to Nirvana's 'In Utero' was similar. . . a complete 180, stripped-down, raw, angry, and far from polished and 'perfect' sounding.

Long gone is the polished production quality, the 'sing along' type choruses that you could sense were coming next. What you have is a raw, stripped-down, aggressive album. Plain and simple. You'll find odd-time signatures all over the place, with some unusual twists and turns throughout songs.

'What It Is To Burn' might have the stronger individual songs, and the choruses you remember, but I feel 'Say Hello To Sunshine' is a greater body of work.

second thoughts
i saw the video to "bitemarks and bloodstains" and i kinda wanted to buy this album, and when i did, it became one of my best choices so far, each track to me is a hit and it's one of my all-time favorites.

Different for sure.
5 stars up there, but that's what I would have given this album. I don't know how to put 2. I became a fan of Finch's when I purchased "Falling Into Place" and eagerly awaited their release of "What it is to Burn". Despite being disappointed by a lot of the filler songs on "What it is to Burn"(really only enjoyed 5 or so of the songs, and one of them was just a redo of a song from "Falling Into Place"), but I decided to give them a second chance when "Say Hello to Sunshine" came out. I'm pretty far removed from my days of listening to bands like A New Found Glory and The Ataris, so I wasn't so much disappointed with this album as confused. I thought I was listening to a completely different band. Initially, I hated the new sound of Finch, and wished for them to change their name so old fans wouldn't be as upset. However, 3 or so years later, I've picked it back up for another, less biased listen. I really enjoy several tracks on here including 1. Insomniatic Meat(so dark sounding, brooding) and 2. Revelation Song, 12. Bitemarks and Bloodstains(a little experimenta. Before Deftones fans crucify me, know that I love the Deftones too, but 'Bitemarks and Bloodstains' sounds like a song they could have written. Aside from those few standouts, I really still didn't enjoy the album on the whole. So many of the songs just feel like they were trying to force songs to come together to put out a new album. Maybe they were rushing too much to capitalize on the success of their previous full-length, but if they were trying to rush, they should have done it a little sooner than several years after "What it is to Burn. ".

Like Incubus remaking "Angel Dust"
Whereas now they mostly resemble a much heavier Incubus trying to make complex songs with many vocal parts poorly emulating the flawless Faith No More classic "Angel Dust. I was addicted to their first album, but as a 31 year old man I find that embarrasing to admit, as it could easily be summarized as baby-Glassjaw meets a poor man's Blink 182. " However, despite the lameness of that description, somehow this really works for me and helps me to let go of "What it is to Burn. " I could even say that this somehow manages to encapsulate the parts of Incubus sound that make me hesitate at first before changing the radio station (I don't like them). And while their FNM side is embarrasingly underdeveloped by comparison to the real thing (pun intended), once again they avoided parts of that band that should not be resurected (IE: the funk-metal slap bass and sudo-rap). I say that with only the utmost respect for Mike Patton in all his many incarnations. These young dudes would get their salad tossed if they ever so much as pretended to compete with Patton's work on any level. Patton's voice is just much bigger and more grandiose sounding than these kids. However, if you can get past their poor attempts to emulate their influences, the CD really is not bad at all among today's music and I'm far less embarrased by it than I was their previous album. I don't think the comparisons to Linkin Park or System of a Down are fair at all. In some ways this is a little Nu-metal-ish I can admit, but with obvious influences from Incubus and Faith No More, I guess they can join the legions. However, This clearly stands out against the leaders in that genre, and seems more akin to the sound of Thrice & maybe "He Is Legend. " It sure is more creative (though slightly less heavy overall) than Mudvayne, Statik X, Slipknot, Korn, etc. Make of it what you will.

Surprising
I at first, didnt like it so much. Very Different from the other Finch album, I belive. But I was drawn to several strong tracks like Rodderick Usher and Reduced to Teeth. . . so I kept Listening to the entire album, Slowly the songs came together and it felt GREAT to listen to it. I like it alot now, and Reduced to Teeth is on my top 100 on my Ipod. Good Song. They couldve lost some fans with this album, and they coulda gained some more. Who knows? I Dont. I Dont watch MTV and even if I did watch Fuse or anything else, would Finch really be played? Too much rap. Anyway. . . . back to my point.

If you like Finch, pick it up! Whatre you waiting for?! Want intuitive Emo music? Pick it up!

Just do it.

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