AFI : 'Medicate'
Released: 12th October 2009
Label: Interscope
It’s easy to forget AFI’s legacy if you weren’t around for the good old days. These emo kids today who think AFI were just a feeble attempt to ride alongside My Chemical Romance on the Eyeliner band wagon deserve to have their fringes cut off and fed to them.
AFI were a band ahead of these trends well before that scene exploded into the lime light. Sure they’re a little older but they’re good at what they do. So why does their latest single ‘Medicate’ sound so familiar? I feel like I’ve heard this song many times before?
Jade Pugent’s echoing guitar riff greets you like an good friend you haven’t seen in a long time but the rest of the song sounds like it’s made up of older AFI songs recycled and patched together to make 'Medicate'. It’s not that 'Medicate' is a bad song; it’s just sounds like scripted punk that we’ve heard many times before.
It’s a disappointing single from a band clearly capable of better. I can only that 'Medicate' is only a sign of a band in need of a break rather than a band ready to call it a day.
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