Fresh right off the industrial laser scribing machines, Back to Oblivion officially drops today in Yourope and can be found in music stores in America tomorrow. So let's celebrate the return of this unsung Post-hardcore band with a review of their third album together and first full length release since 2005.


Full album on youtube

That's right, Finch is back and sounding better than ever for the second week of new music reviews. Not long after announcing their permanent regrouping and signing to Razor & Tie (the infamous Kidz Bop record label) the band went to the studio and gave us Two Guns to the Temple and earlier this month Anywhere but Here, leaving anyone who was a fan of the band before (which here means... just myself and Officer Nasty) eagerly awaiting the rest of the new album. I've got to say that I'm an definitely not disappointed. Brian's vocals are phenomenal, ranging from clean to stressed to perfectly harsh when the time is right and R2K's guitar leads are in all the right places. The drums are solid all around and really carry the grove of many tracks, though the bass lines that accompany it aren't anything spectacular. However, the tone of Dan's bass is nice and punchy, and with a good bit of mid-range playing to accent melodies, he definitely doesn't play a forgotten part on the album.

The album does a pretty good job of not blending together , and I'm not getting tired of it any time soon. Your typical heavy hitters like the title track, Play Dead, and Two Guns are spaced between more post-punk sounding tracks and one very spacey Picasso Trigger, which I'd call my favorite track from the album. A few of the lighter tracks nearly remind me of the Offspring, especially Us vs. Them and Tarot. Things then slow down quite a bit with Inferium, well, at least until the end, only to go out on the mellow note of New Wave, which puts off a really cool Alternative vibe with its shaky, delayed instrumental tones over a crisp acoustic rhythm. It's a real nice send-off.

Hopefully the album receives the commercial success it deserves and the label keeps Finch on for another. It'd be a shame for them to go on another extended hiatus after this impressive delivery, but with any luck I don't think we'll have to worry about that.

Feel free to tell me what you think of the band, and to recommend any upcoming or recent releases that you'd like to see featured. Thanks for reading, guys.
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