Album Review: Farewell To Freeway - Filthy Habits

Does the world need another metalcore band? Guelph, Ontario’s Farewell To Freeway believes it does and have set about putting forward their case on their third-full length for Victory Records, ‘Filthy Habits’. Though, ‘Filthy Habits’ has a number of golden moments, after a few listens the case is far from conclusive. There’s everything you would expect from your standard metalcore release here; chugging guitars, guttural vocals and even the current flavour of the scene, synths. Though there is nothing that is particularly revolutionary on offer, what’s done is done well.

The comically titled, ‘Liquor? I Don’t Even Know ‘Er’, opens the album in furious fashion, with the band sounding like a less-technical Norma Jean. The track is brimming with brutality, a trait that is maintained throughout the album, and something the band do well. The heaviness of tracks like ‘Spare Parts’, ‘Afterlife Lottery’ and ‘Rico’s Roughnecks’ is superbly executed. The drums pummel, the guitars shred and the clean vocals are sparse, each track expertly crafted for the live setting. As good as these tracks are, Farewell To Freeway really shine on a triplet of songs towards the beginning of the record.

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1/21/2011 The Rock Room - Barrington, IL
1/22/2011 The Warehouse - La Crosse, WI
1/23/2011 Station 4 - St. Paul, MN
1/24/2011 The Blue Moose - Iowa City, IA
1/26/2011 The Commons - Omaha, NE
1/27/2011The Red Raven - Pueblo, CO
1/28/2011 Kilby Court - Salt Lake City, UT
1/29/2011 Brawl Studios - Boise, ID
1/30/2011 Wasteland - Salem, OR
1/31/2011 El Corazon - Seattle, WA
2/3/2011 The Bunkhouse - Las Vegas, NV
2/4/2011 Cobalt Cafe - Canoga Park, CA
2/5/2011 The Undeground - Mesa, AZ
2/9/2011 The Stafford - Bryan, TX
2/11/2011 Gallery 13 - Columbus, GA
2/12/2011 The Nightlife Cafe - Sarasota, FL
2/13/2011 Swayze’s - Marietta, GA
2/15/2011 The House-5 Points - Columbia, SC
2/19/2011 Downtown Quarterback - Endicott, NY
2/22/2011 Dublin Underground - Albany, NY