Album Review: City In Fiction - Laughing In The Dark EP

Unless you know just about every band in the world that has a myspace or purevolume page, chances are that City In Fiction will be a new band to you. I had never heard the band mentioned before, and a quick look at their myspace page shows that the band don’t seem to be getting much exposure. Is this because the music doesn’t warrant exposure, to put it simply: No.

So, the music, well I suppose they remind me a bit of ‘War All The Time’ era Thursday, and I can definitely hear shades or Armor For Sleep, and I guess they remind me in ways of a lot of American ‘dark-emo’ bands.

The EP kicks off with ‘Dark Holes and Moonlight’ and it’s a song which basically sums up the style of the band, it has the dark lyrics, intricate guitars, and vocalist Albert’s vocals fit the music perfectly, everything just seems to work. I think this song in particular would not sound out of place at all on Armor For Sleep’s ‘What To Do When You Are Dead’ which is definitely not a bad thing.