City Of Ships - ‘Look What God Did To Us’

Look What God Did To Us’ sets a sturdy foundation for what should be a healthy future...

Posted Wednesday, 5 August 2009 in

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City Of Ships

City Of Ships - ‘Look What God Did To Us’

Rating: 7

What Richmond’s City Of Ships have that most other bands cooling their tootsies off in post-rock/metal wading pool don’t is a vocalist. In Eric Jernigan, this trio has a singer who can actually sing effectively with phrasing and clarity, features which put City Of Ships ahead of the many bands with monosyllabic shouters and off-key crooners. The guitars waver between shifty pull-off/hammer-on riffs and stacked power chords and overall, the material is a bi-polar crashing of multi-hued textures and slick heaviness. Some of the movements are obviously influenced, but ‘Look What God Did To Us’ sets a sturdy foundation for what should be a healthy future.

Kevin Stewart-Panko

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