If Lucy Fell - 2008 Zebra Dance

Band : If Lucy Fell

Album : Zebra Dance
Release Year : 2008

Genre : Mathcore | Experimental

Tracklist : 

1.Fire Exits
2.Marie Antoinette
3.Colossus Kid
4.Circus Parade
5.Dead Chords
6.Dolores
7.Lady Sam
8.La Decadence
9.Eyes On The Road
10.She Lives/She Dies

If Lucy Fell formed in 2004 in Portugal. Due to their ballet teachers’ lack of professionalism, Hélio Morais (drums), Makoto Yagyu (vocals), Pedro Cobrado (bass), and Rui Carvalho (guitar), decide to hang up their ballet shoes and buy musical instruments.
Their first demo CD was released in 2005 and with it, If Lucy Fell started touring Portugal, being soon contacted by Rastilho Records (Portugal) to release their debut LP. Later that year, the band signs with Lockjaw Records (UK)

The Band's sophomore release, Zebra Dance, is a great follow up. It's everything that was great about the debut album, with much, much, less of its flaws. The Vocals, which I found to be annoying on the first album, are much more listenable this time around. Other than that, It's just more creative, more dynamic, there's more depth to each song, It'ss just...better.

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If Lucy Fell - 2005 You Make Me Nervous

Band : If Lucy Fell

Album : You Make Me Nervous
Release Year : 2005

Genre : Mathcore | Experimental

Tracklist : 

1. As Simple As Giving A Name To This Song
2. 10x10 Minute Drive
3. What If She Fell
4. You Make Me Nervous
5. Together In Stupidity
6. Silk
7. Demented
8. Cannibal Frustration Human Hallucination
9. Something Complicated
10. Whenever You Find Yourslef Deconstructed It's A Good Startin
11. Escapist

If Lucy Fell is an experimental/progressive/different type mathcore band. They're not like most of the other mathcore bands I've reviewed, who use supersonic speeds and jarring time signatures to deliver their intensity. They play at a pace akin more to post-hardcore bands...like Thursday and the like. They're mixture of off putting rhythm with melody makes for quite the interesting listen. The first half of this album is good, but just good, which is why even though this band has been sitting in my iTunes for so long I've had the misfortune of overlooking them. As if the first four tracks are a warm up, the band kicks it up a notch at the track 'Together In Stupidity'. If you think about the first four tracks, they each have their moments, but the songs on a whole are subpar. Starting at track five, and staying strong throughout the rest of the 6 remaining tracks, If Lucy Fell shows their creative ability to the fullest. The songs "Demented" and "Whenever you find yourself deconstructed, It's a good starting point" shine as my two favorites. They're like this hybrid of Math Rock and Mathcore (sounds stupid I know) that's heavy without being heavy, tempos that are off putting but still have a melody and a dancability to them that make them just...great.

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