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Eleventyseven – Adventures In Eville

Posted by Tyler H on June-26-2009 | Filed under Reviews | Bookmark or Share

Eleventyseven – Adventures In Eville

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Artist: Eleventyseven
Album: Adventures In Eville
Label: Independent
Released: 6/16/09
Reviewer: Tyler Hess
Tracklisting:

Nightmare
The Best I can
Evil Genius
Trying
Redeem The Scene
Prom Song
Lonely Word
Back When We Were Kids
Like You Rock
End Of Time

I don’t think that the wool is going to be pulled over anyone’s eyes with this band, I think after three releases it is pretty obvious where this band is at musically and I doubt anything is going to change any time soon. When Elevenyseven first came out with “And The Land Of The Fake Believe” they had a pretty prototypical pop punk sound, which they altered slightly with a more synthetic electronic sound on “Galactic Conquest”. Having spurned some offers from labels, they decided to make “Adventures In Eville” an independent release, yet the production hasn’t dropped off a bit. In fact, it is quite easy for me to say that this band has definitely refined their sound and have defined what they are as a band with this album. No, this music will never be for the music snob, but it can easily be accepted by the fan of pop music.

The songs come out in pretty standard fashion, with lyrics that tend to be more relatable for the younger crowd. It isn’t like I’m going to be going to prom any time soon, but that doesn’t make the song any less fun. Yes, they tend to be a bit too into the Relient K style of lyricism, which no one really matches up with well, but they still do it better than most. If I had to pick one song out of this litter to stick with, it would definitely be “Redeem The Scene”, which serves as the best rock anthem. The songs do run together a bit and I forget most of the time which song is which, but I also never really feel like hitting that infamous “skip” button either. These are just some fun songs, that tend to only touch lightly on spiritual issues, but not really straying far from that either.

Overall: This electronic pop-punk band hasn’t changed much, but they have cleaned it up a bit and put out a complete album of pop tunes that are hard to not enjoy. I mean, really, you have to be one of those bitter people to not like this a little bit. You and your angry eyes don’t scare me.

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10 Responses

John Wayne says:

June 26, 2009 at 11:24 am

I’ve considered getting this off eMusic, but I wonder how long it would stick with me. How do you compare it to, say, the new FM Static, Tyler?

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Tyler.H says:

June 26, 2009 at 11:28 am

not quite as good, but similar stickability…which is little. this is the kind of band you listen to every once in awhile and then think “oh yea why dont i listen to them more?” and then you forget about them for a few more months

this is a proper rating:

relient k>eleventyseven>philmont>alakrity>divided by friday

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Stephen M says:

June 26, 2009 at 2:07 pm

So Relient K wins?

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John says:

June 26, 2009 at 2:13 pm

RK never, ever wins. Ever.

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tyler h says:

June 26, 2009 at 3:18 pm

SM>J

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Colt says:

June 26, 2009 at 5:44 pm

Rk certainly wins against things like drug addictions and Soulja Boy, and I’d like to think they would win over a lot more than that…

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Scott L says:

June 26, 2009 at 7:11 pm

I’m not a big fan of Eleventyseven musically… but I have to say that they do hold a certain place in my heart. Allow me to tell you a story. At Creation West last July, I was talking to the guys from Future of Forestry while the guys from Eleventyseven were posing for pictures with fans immediately behind us. For whatever reason, they were holding nasty mushy bananas as they posed. Well, one overly zealous fan had the brilliant idea of stomping on one of the bananas, which, of course, splattered all over people in the general vicinity. Only a few tiny pieces got on me, but a couple huge globs hit a guy next to me on the head and shoulder. He was understandably ticked, but maintained his composure fairly well. As a comical apology, a couple guys from Eleventyseven drug the kid over and held him while offering to let the guy punch the kid in the stomach… which, to their surprise, he actually did. Probably harder than any of them had anticipated. Certainly harder than the kid expected. So while the kid is doubled over on the ground at their feet… these guys just bust out laughing. I respect that.

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tyler h says:

June 26, 2009 at 8:56 pm

our resident pastor, everyone. hahaha

when i first saw your post i was scared, usually posts that long are on hot button issues…or someone telling me how ridiculously stupid i am at life

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jon says:

June 27, 2009 at 3:06 pm

The bass player of Eleventyseven gave some kid I know a coy of their CD. And he got to visit the bands trailer.

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fusse says:

July 5, 2009 at 12:41 pm

eleventyseven
Adventures in Eville
Power pop/punk buffed up with ProTools <– LOL :D

from christianitytoday.com review.

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