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-OZ- - VERSUS (Review)

This album starts off strong, really strong, but it kinda goes a bit downhill from there because it is so repetitive. I'm so, so, SO dissapointed they did not include a song like Never[F]. Even if they had included that exact song, it would have broken up the repetitiveness. But because the pace doesn't slow down for 12 songs, it just makes the songs blend into one because all the songs bar a few follow the exact same formula. All they needed is ONE song to change it up, but they failed on that front and it cost this album its overall epicness. It lacks the variety their singles shows and it shows just how inexperienced they are at creating a release thats over 3 songs.

The production - not a single inch of improvement over their singles. You would think their label could put a bit more money into this album.

Needless to say, there are still individual highlights. Last Shell, Filmy, Detox and Breathe Trees are by a mile the best songs here. The rest to me were the same sorta thing, it was hard to differentiate them from each other, because its just so god damn repetitive.

They could have done better than this. Everyone would be kidding themselves if they think this is the perfect -oz- album. It isn't.

LAST Shell - 9/10 (epic opener!)
FILMY - 9/10
BLAZE - 7/10
VENOM - 7/10
Needle - 7/10 (the breakdown bit is cool, but I think this song is overhyped)
Reservation - 7/10
ATHENA - 5/10 (boooring)
IN RUBBISH - 7/10
M.D.M.A. - 7.5/10 (the hook-y chorus does whatever it can to break up the album at this point, but only so much it can do)
MIGRANT - 7/10 (M.D.M.A. breath of fresh air doesn't last...)
DETOX - 9.5/10 (this song is just pure fucking love)
Breathe trees - 8/10 (variety! comes a bit too late though)

OVERALL
7.5/10
A decent effort, but the album is lost with song after song of repetiveness. There is hardly any variety, and only one third of the time does the album make me stand up and notice.