I have to admit, it has been a while since i’ve handled a CD, the immediate realisation of this saddened me, not to mention that my homebuilt computers don’t have CD-drives! I had to rip it onto a Playstation3 and transfer it to a desktop on a USB stick!

Anyway, the album in question is by rapidly rising stars Pulled Apart By Horses, in their second big studio release ‘Tough Love’, this seems a bit random, I can only guess it pertains to the state of the band or their passion for their trade, but surely anything is better than the previous self-titled album.. those always seem like a wasted opportunity, or is just me?

Three years since Vanna graced us with their attempt at radio friendly album “A New Hope”, their latest offering entitled “And They Came Baring Bones” struggles to become a rememberable album. 

Don’t get me wrong, I’m a HUGE fan of Vanna, it just seems what they were trying to put across in this album gets lost in translation.

This could be do to a change in lead vocals. Or it could be down to the horrific death of Hardcore music.  

What it comes down to is, that Vanna are missing a certain pop in their latest instalment. The once moorish written songs, now are heavily blazay. They are still using the same Hardcore template in “And They Came Baring Bones” but there seems to be a definite lack of experimentation which was heavily prevalent in “Curses” and “A New Hope” which works so well for the band.