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It's unclear whether Dayton, OH's the Devil Wears Prada took their moniker from the popular chick flick, or the novel that spawned it (maybe they asked the horned one himself?), but one can only guess at their motive for doing so. Were they seeking an endorsement deal with the pricey Italian fashion label (do they have a mosh pit clothing line)? Trying to convert teen girls who liked the movie into fans? Or perhaps, appropriating a relatively well-known marketing catch-phrase that also conveniently alluded to their Christian beliefs? Whatever the reason, the youthful sextet shifted a respectable amount of units with their first CD, 2006's Dear Love: A Beautiful Discord, and therefore saw no reason to tarry, nor alter their spastic screamo/metalcore formula while recording sophomore outing, Plagues, lest this peculiar trend should suddenly go cold on them. As a result, typical new offerings like "Number Three, Never Forget" and "Hey John, What's Your Name Again?" jostle the usual conflicting tendencies toward downtuned brutality and soaring harmonies, topped with alternately growled or clean-sung vocals to match each occasion -- but attempt nothing that TDWP influences like Norma Jean, Haste the Day, and the similarly synthesizer-addled Still Remains haven't already explored more extensively and effectively. What's more, the Devil Wears Prada also subscribes to the irritating post-emo fad of consigning silly and/or utterly unrelated titles to songs whose stream-of-consciousness lyrics meld romantic/existential/religious allusions both recklessly and indiscriminately (e.g. "HTML Rulez D00d," "Don't Dink and Drance," "Nickels Is Money Too") -- as if scripture wasn't misleading enough as is. Another flagrant example, "You Can't Spell 'Crap' Without 'C'" actually makes the Sesame Street classic "'C' Is for Cookie" sound remarkably profound, and counts with the ringing intellectual endorsement of Chiodos singer Craig Owens, to boot. But hey, whatever works, and this seemingly faulty recipe seems to have done just fine for the Devil Wears Prada in the past, so one can only assume that more Christian screamo fans will be happy to accept their fashion advice a second time around, and embrace these Plagues wholeheartedly. ~ Eduardo Rivadavia, All Music Guide
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- Dear Love: A Beautiful Discord
- Released 2006
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- With Roots Above And Branches Below
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- By LochGuin
- 3/25/2009 02:14:19
- this is the most listened to album of any artist i have ever listened to. after hearing this album the devil wears prada has quickly risen to become my personal favorite band. this is saying A LOT considering how much music i listen to and how indecisive i am in picking favorites. and in response to bennet blade, you are wrong on the sophomore part. good word, but plagues is their third album technically. why it isn't listed on zune i have yet to learn, but tdwp has an ep record titled patterns of the horizon. you should check it out and you will truly see how far they have come as a band.
ALSO the album review is retarded! all you have to do is think for two seconds to find out why they named themselves TDWP. they are a christian band and the meaning of the devil wears prada isn't that hard to catch on to. what is prada? it is a fashion line that apparently everyone wants to wear. fashion appeals to humans, and the devil tries to appeal to humans to make them follow him rather than Jesus. thus, the devil wears prada. - 1 out of 1 people
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- By jmun777
- 10/21/2008 03:59:55
- the guy below me could not have put it any better. Great review. And yes this album is amazing... just amazing. And live??? u ask? Well live... TDWP is just ridiculouse. Best show i have see in a long time.
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perfect in every way
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- By bennett blade
- 6/25/2008 14:29:37
- How can you describe this album? PERFECTION, That's the only word that comes to mind when i hear the word "PLAGUES".TDWP strikes again with thier sophmore album plagues. The band members have come a long way from Dear Love:A Beautiful Discord. Both singer Mike Hranica,leaduitarist and backup vocalist: Jeremy DePoysterrhave tweaked thier voices to thier best(so far)and as always bassist Andy Trick and drummer Daniel Williams and keyboarder James Baney bring an unforgotten wreckingball of pure hardcore love. this album is a must buy. BAR NONE.
- 7 out of 7 people
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