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Survival Story Description:

• Amazon Sales Rank: #520 in Digital Music Album
• Published on: 2010-03-16
• Released on: 2010-03-16
• Running time: 3064 seconds

Customer Reviews:

Survival Story: A Great Follow Up!
Last year around this time I ended up stumbling upon this band, trying to find a new metal band to get into. After listening to several bands that sounded almost exactly alike, and feeling bored, I somehow ran into these guys; and it was such a breath of fresh air compared to what I was listening to prior and obviously it was the exact opposite of what I was looking for. Instead of heavy music with some jackass screaming his throat out of commission, I got a fusion of the Beastie Boys, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rage Against the Machine, Dave Matthews band, Yellowcard, and two mc’s who have quite an original style, and a flow that lives up to the band’s name.

Fight with Tools ended up turning into one of my favorite albums that I found last year, and the follow up album to their 2007 major label debut is defiantly an excellent follow up to that album. It takes everything that I loved from that album to the next level. It’s heavier, slightly darker in themes but at the same time (and somehow) very upbeat in the music, and musically a lot more technical than the last album. I’m on my sixth listen right as I’m writing this, and I can already say that this album is probably better than the last album, which I honestly wasn’t expecting. I didn’t think they could beat their last album, but I think they just might have, though it will take many more listens to know for sure.

The album opens right away with a bang with two very heavy tracks with very impressive rapping on “Crack’s on the Surface” & “The Effect”, then the album slows down a little bit with “Defend Atlantis”, a song that reminds me the most of the last album’s all around vibe. “If I” then kicks in with some very impressive rhythm on the drums & bass. The song slightly reminds me of Gorillaz for some reason.(?) Defiantly sounds like a great one to sing along with at a show, even with its slower pace. Next comes the heavy hitting “White Flag Warrior”, the first single featuring Tim from Rise Against. Hopefully you’ve heard it by now. The next song, “By the Time You Get This Message…” is one of my personal favorites on this album. The overall sound of it is just really interesting. It starts out with a Flea type bass line with industrial sounds all over the place, with a Tom Morello sounding guitar riff eventually kicking in. Those are just a few samples of what is in this song. It’s defiantly a song worth checking out.”
Airplane Mode” follows up the previous song. It’s a slower & moodier song with great rapping on it; defiantly one of the softest songs on the album. “Whip$ & Chain$” follows with a great beat, great rapping (of course) with a really strong chorus. It’s a pretty standard sounding Flobots song to pretty much sum it up. Next comes “Good Solider”, another slower song and by far the softest on the album. It’s a very beautiful song opening with a great viola intro and beautiful singing from Mackenzie Roberts. “Super Hero” is a very touching song and I wouldn’t be surprised if it eventually became a single; another one to defiantly check out. The album picks up again with “Infatuation”, a very catchy song with excellent rapping from Johnny & Brer. Matt Morris is great in the song as well, even though I have no idea who he is. “Panacea for the Poison” ends the album. It’s defiantly not as good of a closer as “Rise” was, but good none the less.
What you can expect from this album is great music, amazing rapping, powerful lyrics with strong messages and an album that will most likely stick with you for years. To me, it’s the perfect follow up to their last album and much better than I could have ever expected it to be. I’m just hoping that it gets the attention that it deserves.
Really the only flaws of this album are a) the album could have had a stronger closing track, like I’ve already stated and b) it doesn’t have the song “Combat” on it…
Favorite Songs as of now:
Cracks on the Surface
The Effect
If I
By The Time You Get This Message
Whip$ & Chain$
Superhero
Infatuation
I’m really looking forward to the follow up to this one! If you haven’t yet, check this album out, it is worth listening to and adding to your collection. If you haven’t heard anything from these guys, defiantly look into them and check out the last record along with J-5′s album & their first EP if you can find it.

great album, not as good as their last
I am a huge fan of the flobots and their message, i loved Fight With Tools to death, it’s absolutley incredible, it’s so fresh with that violin and rap beats and the occasional trumpet. The whole sound is just so unique and amazing. This album, is great, for today’s music, but it’s not as good as their last album. If you’re new to The Fobots get their last album first because it’s better. Anyway, one of my biggest fears about this album is that they would lose what made them original in the first place. I’ve seen it happen to a lot of great bands, they release their first hit album, and it’s awsome!and they’re launched into the mainstream. When their next album comes out, you’re all axcited about it, and when you hear it, it sounds like every other band out there. The problem is the record company and whatnot but I won’t get into that. But I’m glad to know that The Flobots did not fall to this! this album sounds almost as unique as the last. There’s alot of rapping on it though, I would say almost every song. On the last album, their was more diversity.
Anyway my favorite songs include defend atlantis, (the last half of the song is amazing) white flag warrior, (while this song sounds a little too mainstream, i still like it) good soldier, (really like the melody on this one) ad superhero. but i really like all the songs on the album.
umm, anyway i think you should get it!

Hope and Retaliation
A huge fan of their first album, I had huge expectations for this CD. When I got it I realized that it’s not as perfect as it’s predecessor. Do not be fooled though, Survival Story is not a bad album at all, it actually extends the message that the band tries to portray and everyone that tells you otherwise, just wants to label the band as one hit wonders. By listening to album, I can tell you very I am very happy with the sophomore album.

Johny 5 and Rabbit focused primarily on rapping stories, the main story-telling of using a sinking nation as a metaphor is evident and can be heard fast. This might end sounding awkward at times, by I was more impressed by the message rather than the flow, which is not as impressive or as dynamic as we’ve heard before in previous projects.

The music is top-notch, they don’t stay away from their formula by roots of mixing genres with talented musicianship. I have to say a special shout-out to the Viola player, every time she is heard in this album she shines brighter than the sun.

Best tracks: The Effect(This one is fantastic), If I, White Flag Warrior, By The Time You Get This Message, Airplane Mode, Good Soldier, Infatuation.

Don’t be fooled, Survival Story is not a mediocre album, it just falls of short of expectations. The reason why I gave it 4 stars is simply this, I’d rather support this than most of music that is marketed at me, which doesn’t compare to the amount of passion and dedication these guys have for spreading their message.

Great album.