加利福尼亚新军，首作，风格还是有点偏英式，大范围明亮刺耳的失真吉他，浓重贝司音墙，曲式有点后摇化的勾勒，凸锐激励的唱腔，融合了独立，英伦、后朋等风格。慢热型，听着听着倒有点出味道~ The Continental Divide is the debut album for Downtown LA-based War Tapes, who released their eponymous EP in Oct. 2008. - Right away they sound like a cross between Alkaline Trio and She Wants Revenge, fast, guitar heavy rock with deep, masculine vocals. They label their sound as “heart-quaking doom-pop,” which is a fairly apt description. - “The Night Unfolds” is the album’s strongest track and begins the album with a flurry of guitar chords, a screech of keyboard and punk-rock-speed drumming. The following track, “Dreaming of You,” slows it down, adds some female backing vocals and seems to be winking in The Cure’s direction. - They definitely have a dark side, not only in their black-clad appearance, but also in the track “She Lied,” singer Neil Popkin laments, “All day long I sit and communicate with the dead corpse that I call my girlfriend.”