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Nevea Tears Do I Have To Tell You Why I Love You?


Do I Have To Tell You Why I Love You?
01. Who Would Be Tom Selleck? 02. Helium Queen 03. Johnny Cash V. The Space Coyote 04. Today Cake, Tomorrow Spraying For Roaches 05. *Heavy Breathing* 06. Xiaoyu 74 07. Bellendaine 08. Act 1; Scene 1 09. No One Ever Shuts Up! 10. In Sickness And In Health
2004 Eulogy Recordings
Our score 3

1/8/2005

Just looking at the cover for Nevea Tear's "Do I Have To Tell You Why I Love You" is a sure sign that this album may not be the new favorite release you've been looking for. Even the album title can probably tell you that, too. OK, and the song titles aren't exactly funny the way Daughters' or Charles Bronson's manage to be. But this could still be a decent CD, right I was blown away by The Warriors, so maybe Nevea Tears will do the same for me, right Wrong. This album is pretty bad bad. I like Black My Heart more than this, and I pretty much dislike that Eulogy band more than any other. The Eulogy website claims that Nevea Tears "incorporate a multitude of sounds ranging from hardcore to pop punk to techno," which I think says it all. There aren't a lot of bands that can do the whole techno-hardcore thing (if such a sound really exists) aside from maybe Refused, but for the sake of that band's dignity, I'm hesitant to make that claim as well. Furthermore, their bio states that "the versatility of Nevea Tears can only be described as screamatronic." Screamatronic What the hell does that even mean I'm guessing it means "crap," because that's all I really got from this CD. The singing parts are foolish at best and ludicrous at worst, and all the ‘hard' parts are completely lackluster. I applaud this group for trying to be different in a world where many hardcore bands sound the same, but this kind of music needs to stop. And the only reason I gave this a 3 rather than a 1 is because the second track sounds like an old, unreleased Underoath track, and I'm still bummed that they too have taken a turn for the worse. And on that note, I hate to outright say that any band has completely ripped-off another band, but Nevea Tears would probably have a hard time convincing me that someone in this group isn't a huge Underoath fan. I'm not saying that every metalcore band with a strong keyboard presence is going to sound like ‘X' band, but a total lack of originality is going to pretty much destroy the credibility of any group. If this sounded like anything other than a poor rip-off, it would have gotten a higher score, but this just isn't the case. Bottom Line: This is an album that my little sister probably wouldn't like, even taking into account her preference for Atreyu and Hawthorne Heights, so unless you like cool, ‘techno' keyboards, terrible singing, half-hearted screaming, and uber-digestible ‘metal' riffs, look elsewhere for a good time.

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Kevin_ 1/8/2005 1:18:04 PM

Pitch Fist! Sucky band. Great Review.

okarma_ 1/8/2005 1:20:26 PM

1st post

ipoopedinyourcloset_ 1/8/2005 2:13:13 PM

This CD is very, very bad. The first keyboard break made me crack up laughing, almost the way I laughed when I heard the singer from Caliban say "dweam" as opposed to dream. I often disagree with the reviews on this site, but not this time. But there are grown men whom still like Atreyu there sparky.

DROPDEAD_ 1/8/2005 2:20:03 PM

eulogy has been putting out a lot of trash lately.

ivehadthetime_ 1/8/2005 2:25:20 PM

meh this cd isnt really that bad in my opinion... but thats just it, its my opinion... i dont normally go for bands like this, but this isnt new or exciting to say the least, its just interesting, screaming sounds alot like old Dallas era Underoath while the singing sounds like any other crappy metalcore band that decides to incorporate singing cleanly in a few parts, " its awesome that the girl is the drummer, shes kinda hot... the keyboards are useless.. the guitar parts are fun, the drums

mikecole_ 1/8/2005 3:27:28 PM

eulogy and everything they release f*cking blows. end of story.

anonymous 1/8/2005 6:11:38 PM

ahah i want to hear why the reviewer hates black my heart. i mean, they suck ass, but i want to hear why haha.

Josh_ 1/8/2005 7:56:07 PM

Yeah f*ck this band. Shitty live,shitty on cd, shitty artwork, shitty people in general. Eulogy needs to drop this and many other bands

hxcobd_ 1/9/2005 2:50:37 AM

MAGICAL FAIRY KEYBOARD, GO!!!!

buckwheat_ 1/9/2005 4:44:11 AM

This band is from my beloved town of West Covina, Cali and I apologize on our behalf. This band is possibly one of the worst I've heard since Brother's Keeper. I've seen them twice. The first time was with the Warriors, and everybody sat down during their set. They actually cut their set short because everyone was leaving or having conversations during their set. The second time, I left during the first song. Terrible f*cking band. The only people I've met that like them are their friends.

lezsolt_ 1/9/2005 5:12:57 AM

I really love this album. Actually, it's one of the best albums of 2004.

anonymous 1/9/2005 6:59:30 AM

this is one of those bands that will get put on a hardcore bill, but needs to be put on a my chemical romance/senses fail tour of some sort

DUDE_ 1/9/2005 8:49:43 AM

DONT f*ck WITH THE BRO KEEP YOU AIDS SMOKER

Alex_ 1/10/2005 1:32:09 AM

yeah i actually like brothers keeper alot. that was a shitty comparison bands like from autumn to ashes, roses are red, terror, no warning all come to mind but not the Keep.

chris_ 1/10/2005 1:37:12 AM

I applaud this review, ha ha.

buckwheat_ 1/10/2005 3:07:24 AM

Yeah, I know BK and Nevea Tears sound nothing alike, I was just stating that their on about the same level of shitty, which is difficult to achieve.

Crap_ 1/10/2005 3:51:15 AM

the song titles...just wow.

xihaevrespectx_ 1/10/2005 6:30:25 PM

did someone actually just compare terror to from autumn to ashes? what the f*ck?

Vari_ 1/11/2005 5:01:08 AM

Hahahah, great review Jhonn.

paradigm_ 1/11/2005 7:06:37 PM

vocals remind me a bit of dallas...that's about itthough. maybe if the singing wasn't so absolutely gay and the music so cheesy, this could be interesting.

a_new_religion_ 1/17/2005 4:57:30 PM

aside from making shitty music, they also appear to be retards, as they dont know that johnny cash WAS the f*cking space coyote. idiots.

xdannygloverx_ 1/19/2005 5:58:07 PM

i got this cd for free with eulogy offer- i thought is was ok maybe a 5

anonymous 5/30/2005 5:15:10 PM

i think this sounds alot like a static lullaby

jay_ 10/4/2005 12:19:11 AM

this cd is amazing for a first release!!!

throwbreedengage10_ 12/20/2006 5:54:45 PM

i like this album its pretty f*ckiing good, its a great mix a hardcore, pop, metal, emo and techno its great! 9/10