{"id":792,"date":"2010-04-07T11:05:26","date_gmt":"2010-04-07T17:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/?p=792"},"modified":"2010-04-07T11:05:26","modified_gmt":"2010-04-07T17:05:26","slug":"review-story-of-the-year-the-constant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/2010\/04\/07\/review-story-of-the-year-the-constant\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Story of the Year &#8211; The Constant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-793\" title=\"story of the year\" src=\"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/story-of-the-year.jpg\" alt=\"story of the year\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/>Story of the Year\u2019s newest release, <em>The Constant<\/em>, keeps with the same notion the band came up with upon its inception\u2014produce loud, anthemic rock songs that appeal to the almighty, angst-ridden teenager. And with four albums under their belt, it seems to be working for them. This is the band\u2019s second release on indie-major Epitaph (they were formerly tied to major label Maverick) and as the title of the record suggests, they are working with the same big riffs and screamo tendencies that fans have grown to love and expect from the St. Louis natives. If you\u2019ve enjoyed their previous work, you\u2019ll likely put this album on repeat. Unfortunately, the new record hasn\u2019t really progressed from its previous three and the band continues its formulaic song structure: melodramatic lyrics + likeable melodies + aggressive percussion = radio-friendly pop-punk. And for some, that\u2019s enough. But if you\u2019re looking for something new this time around, you\u2019re not likely to find it. On a technical level, the band, comprised of vocalist Dan Marsala, guitarists Ryan Phillips and Philip Sneed, bassist Adam Russell and drummer Josh Wills, excel in every aspect. However, in typical emo-rock fashion, there\u2019s one too many \u201cpower ballads\u201d that are contrived and ultimately come off as trite. But with post-hardcore continuing to peak with young kids, Story of the Year are bound to still sell plenty of records. (Epitaph, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epitaph.com\">www.epitaph.com<\/a>) <strong>Sabrina Carnevale<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Story of the Year\u2019s newest release, The Constant, keeps with the same notion the band came up with upon its inception\u2014produce loud, anthemic rock songs that appeal to the almighty, angst-ridden teenager. And with four albums under their belt, it seems to be working for them. This is the band\u2019s second release on indie-major Epitaph [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}