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An empathetic musical assault from Baltimore which quietly slides through a candid lyrical approach to life, relationships and experiences as some slick guitar work acts like a metaphorical anchor to these seven tracks. Sometimes quietly volatile, sometimes uproariously stormy, Cross My Heart waver between emotional stability and staving off emotional outbursts. "It Doesn't Take That Many Pills to Sleep Forever" languishes in its own title's solemnity, while quietly plucked guitar chords match the smooth and successively inflamed vocals. The closing track of the CD, "The Hypnotist," is exactly that: a short burst of wavering guitar feedback calmly induces a glazed over stupor as serene vocals burrow not only into the band's memories, but also your own. While a few more louder and aggressive numbers would diversify the CD's sonic balance, the general quietness and restraint that Cross My Heart emits produces a false sense of solitude that's quietly vanquished with an occasional rough guitar cut and bitingly sincere lyric. There aren't any needles, wishes for death or obscure brand name bra references here; it's rock 'n' punk with an edgy singer -- the good kind!
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