Tim Owens and Matt Barlow
"By My Blade"

This is well Matt is good singer fits in US PM but somehow he needs better song writter, this sounds as IE but problem is even Jon is dushbag he is much better song writer, I ddont rememer when IE wrote bad album, but this few songs to long.

Why Matt does have to make those high-pitched reinforcements in his vocal lines? That makes so cringey the songs somehow.

Well, the production killed this one. Vocals sound flat (and vocal layering is way overused), the instruments don't seem to fit together, everything is way more compressed than it should. Meanwhile, even though the music is neither original nor outstanding, there's some pretty good tunes here. Overall good album with very good moments here and there, and it would sound much better with a proper production. 7.3

Written by Bad English on 25.01.2022 at 08:20

This is well Matt is good singer fits in US PM but somehow he needs better song writter, this sounds as IE but problem is even Jon is dushbag he is much better song writer, I ddont rememer when IE wrote bad album, but this few songs to long.

Matt Barlow has shown his a good singer for IE, but his vocal performance here is not good imo, maybe the poor production doesn't give him much justice. And your right about him needing a better songwriter, he misses Jon's riffs.