Their lazy stoner son Anton hasn't noticed their disappearance in seven days. Tobias calls the police, but she gets dragged under the bed and killed. Tobias goes to check what the noise was, while Mrs. Tobias are settling into bed when they notice a message on the ceiling and hear a noise from outside. The film received negative reviews from critics and bombed at the box office, grossing $4.2 million from an estimated $25 million budget. The film's title is based on the saying "idle hands are the Devil's play-things" or "the devil makes work for idle hands". The main plot follows the life of an average lazy stoner teenager, Anton Tobias, whose hand becomes possessed and goes on a killing spree, even after being cut off from his arm. It's just a shame, because if Myka relocate had worked just a LITTLE harder on this album and had tied up a few loose ends, we could've easily been looking at one of the best Post-Hardcore albums of the year and a Famous Myka Relocate.Idle Hands is a 1999 American teen black comedy horror film directed by Rodman Flender, written by Terri Hughes and Ron Milbauer, and starring Devon Sawa, Seth Green, Elden Henson, Jessica Alba, and Vivica A. Go into this album with realistic expectations, and you might actually like it a lot. Myka Relocate has improved themselves quite a bit, a cooler flare to their music, better singing, and an album that's worth listening to, but not amazing. But most of that is just covered by indecipherable screams. The only relating themes i can even make out at all are some lyrics about betray and anger towards a random person scattered through out songs. You may be able to make a little bit of meaning out of a certain song, but don't expect the next song to relate to it lyrically at all. Even though the name of the album is thought provoking, the album doesn't appear to tell any story and suffers from those typical "what the *** are you talking about?" kind of lyrics evident in a lot of Post-Hardcore songs. But besides those four songs, the whole album just feels like a big jumbled blur of Synthesizers and Growls and pop melodies. The four best songs on the record are Only steps away, Nerve, idle Hands, and the young souls. The biggest problem with the album is by FAR it's lack of Cohesion and order. They just mix TERRIBLY with the music and Michael's voice, personally I think the record would've been much better off without his backing Screams. They actually are quite, powerful, menacing, and brutal screams. Unfortunately, I can't say the same for John Ritter's Screams, in fact they are one of the worst mistakes in the album, John's Screams mixed with the music a little better in lies to light the way, but in this record it almost seems like John's Screams and the Music are fighting for control of the song, and sadly John's screams usually win. The pop-melodies he sings seem to float on top of the song to give it a melancholy pop feeling. Besides the Electronica parts, Michael Swank's voice is one of the Highlights of the Album. His Voice seems stronger as well as deeper and more mature, but still able to go quite high. Unfortunately they could've used these new abstract sounds a little better, because in some songs they don't always flow right and usually don't mix very well with John Ritter's incessant screaming.Īlso, Michael Swank's already good voice has improved by leaps and bounds, this is evident in songs like Only steps away, Nerve, Idle Hands, and the young souls. and while the young souls IS a pretty big improvement from lies to light the way, it suffers from a lot of the same mistakes.įor starters, the strong electro-pop flare evident in lies is back and better than ever in this album, Myka Relocate appears to have learned how to use their Electronic element even better to their advantage to create an even spacier poppish sounding Post Hardcore effect, and on top of that, they've added some well-timed piano scores and echo effects to even further their highly Abstract sound. Besides two or three singles, every single song sort of blends into each other and the rest of the album is just a blur of screaming and synthesizers. It still wasn't perfect though, despite being unique in many ways, Myka relocate have made the same mistake as their predecessors in the way that their album flows. Lies to light the way was deliciously poppy but quite heavy at the same time, and was an all-around good album. That feel was Very evident in their first album, lies to light the way. They have managed to craft a cool and unique sound and feel to their music. Myka relocate is a unique band in a post-hardcore scene full of mediocrity and insincerity. Review Summary: While definitely not perfect, Myka Relocate has crafted a fun, stylish, and unique album that's worth a listen.
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