Latin For Truth and their album Eleven Eleven is really really good but flawed. It’s like a combination of Living With Lions, New Found Glory and some good but semi-ridiculous pseudo-heavy East coast-y hardcore parts. I guess it’s posi popcore. There’s some great riffage and some killer melodies, but on more than one occasion the band devolves into what might as well be parody. Still, for all the parts of Eleven Eleven that make me want to cringe, I still find myself really enjoying the album. Perhaps it’s because of all the bands playing hardcore-inspired pop-punk today (and there are a shit ton of ‘em) Latin For Truth is better than most. There’s more than a few great breakdowns fused with breakneck speed melodic punk and while some of the gruff vocals are cool I do think they should stay away from the growly/shouty vocals and stay closer to their melodic side as that’s where most of the best moments on Eleven Eleven reside. Yeah, I like this and I’m not embarrassed to say it. Oh, if you didn’t actually know before now, the Latin word for truth is veritas. Now this is an educational blog as well.
MP3:
Latin For Truth - Hope Is Alive And Well
Latin For Truth - Gas Station Grills
