Division Day – Beartrap Island Review
My first post on Division Day was questioning whether I should purchase their recent release “Beartrap Island” after hearing their great covers.Having a relatively small blog, I didn’t expect anyone to answer really as I never seem to get any comments (it is getting better recently). Anyway, I had only one person who responded, by a person with the name of Carmen Segnitz, mother of lead singer of Rohner Segnitz who was telling me some details of the album and likely outcome that I would like this album if I had enjoyed the song “Colorguard”.
I decided to purchase the record after all because I wanted to be able to hear more of their work as they have created some really enjoyable covers.
Onto “Beartrap Island”. I find this album to display a variety of sounds and I feel like the album is a bit all over the place when it comes to describing a distinct sound. Sometimes you get the poppy sound or the post-punk type rock on tracks like “Tap-Tap, Click-Click”. The vocals are solid throughout the album if not great. I am finding it hard to find that one song that I would listen to hours on end and after a few days I don’t think I’ll ever find one. It’s tough to listen to at times as it doesn’t seem to have fluid transitions between songs and having that one distinct sound in which I could describe them.
Granted their original work isn’t as good as their covers (at this point) but I really feel that they displayed a potential for greatness . I’m giving this one a 3.3 out of 5. Visit their myspace.
Here are some of the tracks that stood out for me:
Tap-Tap, Click-Click by Division Day
