Album review of 'Don't Die' by Nightmares for a Week

With an album title like Don’t Die, you wouldn’t expect anything like the folk music issued by Nightmares for a Week. “You Destroy Me” is a weird gang-vocaled, slow tempo-ed introduction that crusades into a much more energetic and nostalgic feeling bunch of songs (“Baby”, “Our Vessel”, “Breath’s Hard as Kerosene”). The track “Alright” feel as though you’re listening to a cross between Minus the Bear and Silversun Pickups while “Bear Mountain” basically sounds like the perfect soundtrack to dancing around naked in your underwear and ridding your mind of every possible stress you had. A lot of similar melodies are employed unfortunately, so a few songs down the road you might feel as though you repeated a song or two, but fret not. The closing track makes up for it all. A good album to sit and clear your thoughts to. Or if you’re looking for a lighter, more discernible version of the Dropkick Murphies, give it a listen.