Massachusetts bound A Loss For Words coming off their first album, The Kids Can't Lose in 2009, an album that was just your typical pop-punk album. Well No Sanctuary, through Rise Records, is a sophomore slam dunk. Every aspect of this album blows their first album out of the water, deserving all the respect they deserve. Vocalist Matt Arsenault delivers great vocals, being one of the best in the pop-punk genre, and diverse lyrics. Instrumentally, this album is phenomenal, a huge step for this band in all the right ways.
The first track, "Honeymoon Eyes" delivering a great chorus followed by an even better bridge with such true lyrics (You will stay because you think you’re happy/You will stay because it’s comforting/You will stay because you think you’re happy/You will stay because you don’t want to be alone). "Piroutte" and "Raining Excuses" just make you want to sing along! "The Hammers Fall" is one of, if not the best song on the album, polished so well! "The Lost Cause I Used To Be" is so catchy that I can't even describe how catchy it is! The short "No Sanctuary" gives the album something different with the screaming vocals, providing some edge to the album. The love-ballad "Jetsetter" starting off slow then just takes off with the powerful drums showing the true emotions behind the song along with the ending lyrics (I'd have you sing along to every ten cent song/Your eyes would signal me like a transistor radio/We'd drink ourselves to sleep/We'd drink ourselves complete/If only you would be here now). The last two songs, "Finite" and "Wrightsville Beach" close the album on a bang, showing no signs of slowing down, especially the bridge in "Wrightsville Beach" one of my favorite parts of the album!
A Loss For Words should be proud of themselves hands down for this record they put out, this is one of those albums you can listen straight through without skipping any songs! I would have wanted the album to be longer since it only is 34 mins long with no songs over 4 minutes, but I mean we always want more music, especially if it is an album like this one!
I give this album a 8.8/10
Listen to - The Hammers Fall
The Lost Cause I Used To Be
Wrightsville Beach
Review by Sean Graham
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