Artist: Sweetheart   
Album: Art is Dead is Dead
Label: The Perpetual Motion Machine
Tracks: 6
Length: 17:12
Review by: Luke Kruse

 

I had a really tough time getting through this seventeen minute EP from Kent, Ohio’s Sweetheart.  My screamo phase ended a good two years ago, so the Thursday meets Glassjaw vibe that Art is Dead is Dead has going on feels quite uninspired here in 2005.  When I first put the album in, I was greeted with an actual nu-metal riff, and the generic lyric, “F*** this town/I’ll burn it down someday.”  C’mon guys, Disturbed can do better than that.  Thankfully, Sweetheart improved their sound a bit as the album went on, but not enough to actually warrant this album getting any sort of high marks.

 

Before I actually played this album, I had high hopes for Sweetheart.  The cover art was pretty cool, they are Northeast Ohioans like myself, and with the Art is Dead concept, I had high hopes for a truly unique sound.  Unfortunately for Sweetheart, the lackluster production, boring riffs, and generic screamo vocals ensure that this album will be quickly forgotten.