Straight Line Stitch - When Skies Wash Ashore Review

When Skies Wash Ashore blends intense metalcore with accessible hooks. The majority of the songs have the typical metalcore structure with giant breakdowns and a combination of screaming and singing. There are also tracks like "What Can You Do To Me" that are mainstream rock with all melodic vocals. Hatebreed's Jamey Jasta guests on "Taste Of Ashes."

Straight Line Stitch is bound to draw comparisons to bands like In This Moment, who play a comparable style of music and also have a charismatic female fronting the group. Alexis Brown has the ability to scream like a banshee one moment, and sing like an angel the next. Her voice is versatile, moving easily between death metal growls and melodic singing.

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(CD cover courtesy Koch Records)