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While I was expecting a fashionable dose of art-folk Americana, which to me is not always a good thing, what I heard in opener "House of Cards" was instead a mix of bravado and aggressiveness, somewhere between Muse and Linkin Park, which to be frank I found pretty enjoyable. Unfortunately, this mood didn't last long as what followed was that kind of bland "sound of the moment" that all these young American bands have, a radio-calibered soft emo, thing which doesn't bring much either musically or lyrically. Madina Lake should have stuck to the "House of Cards" formula, as injecting aggressiveness into art is always welcome, as long as it sounds slightly original — while Trent Reznor succeeded at it, copying Nine Inch Nails isn't the solution either as the closing song attests.
 
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