Fact & Fiction was produced by Trapt vocalist Chris Brown. And you know what? It's so obvious... Aphasia, although a good band in their own right, owe a lot of their sound to bands like Trapt - often coming across as a plagiaristic. Everything from the vocal melodies (not to mention the style) and guitar lines are just far to similar to both Trapt's eponymous debut, and their sophomore release, Someone In Control. These similarities are particularly noticeable on songs like "House Of Cards" and "Away From Me". The latter cut actually sounds like many more bands out there at the moment, with a decidedly Emo flavour (only not so wimpy).This is not to say that the album is not an enjoyable listening experience. Far from it, it's just so predictable, and the predominant thought throughout was, "I've heard this before...".
Lead single, "Flatline", is a huge, commercial, melodic rock song that will undoubtedly have many people bouncing along happily. But, apart from this song, the rest of the album just doesn't cut the mustard. Every song is very safe, tame and fells sanitized. Following the long hype-campaign, this left me feeling rather hollow and jilted.
Enjoyable and melodic, but ultimately forgettable.
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