Despite their goth-punk looks, Utah hard rockers Get Scared owe more to bands like Breaking Benjamin, Panic! At the Disco, and Good Charlotte than they do the Misfits or the Cure.
The band’s major-label debut, Best Kind of Mess, bristles with the usual, post-hardcore/emo-punk trinity of heartbreak, anger, and social (as in high school) injustice, but there’s an undercurrent of mischievous whimsy that runs throughout the album that suggests a steady diet of White Zombie and Buckcherry amidst all of the Nine Inch Nails and Korn.
Tightly wound, punchy, and explosive in all of the right places, songs like “Voodoo,” “Whore,” and “Screaming,” can’t figure out if they want to be Warped Tour anthems, strip club walk-ons, or power pop gems, which is actually kind of refreshing, and the choruses on MTV-ready slabs of sad like “Screaming” and “Mess” have the kind of expansive, soaring melodies that almost diffuse the cloud of gloom sent up by the lyrics.
It’s certainly not groundbreaking stuff, but there’s enough going on here to warrant keeping a mascara-caked eye on Get Scared, as unlike some of their contemporaries, there seems to be a light at the end of the tunnel, even if it is just a train.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FailJohnny Braddock, John Feldmann, Bradley "Lloyd" Iverson, Nicholas Matthews | Get Scared | Play | 02:49 | 6 MB | 23 MB |
| 2 | MessJohnny Braddock, John Feldmann, Bradley "Lloyd" Iverson, Dan Juarez, Nicholas Matthews, Get Scared | Get Scared | Play | 04:03 | 9 MB | 31 MB |
| 3 | SarcasmJohnny Braddock, John Feldmann, Bradley "Lloyd" Iverson, Nicholas Matthews | Get Scared | Play | 03:18 | 7 MB | 26 MB |
| 4 | WhoreJohnny Braddock, John Feldmann, Bradley "Lloyd" Iverson, Dan Juarez, Nicholas Matthews, Get Scared | Get Scared | Play | 02:56 | 6 MB | 23 MB |
| 5 | HurtJohnny Braddock, Kevin Griffin, Bradley "Lloyd" Iverson, Dan Juarez, Nicholas Matthews | Get Scared | Play | 04:00 | 9 MB | 31 MB |
| 6 | VoodooJohnny Braddock, John Feldmann, Bradley "Lloyd" Iverson, Nicholas Matthews | Get Scared | Play | 02:56 | 6 MB | 23 MB |
| 7 | WrongJohnny Braddock, John Feldmann, Bradley "Lloyd" Iverson, Nicholas Matthews | Get Scared | Play | 03:34 | 8 MB | 28 MB |
| 8 | MovingJohnny Braddock, John Feldmann, Bradley "Lloyd" Iverson, Dan Juarez, Nicholas Matthews, Get Scared | Get Scared | Play | 03:36 | 8 MB | 27 MB |
| 9 | ParadeJohnny Braddock, John Feldmann, Bradley "Lloyd" Iverson, Nicholas Matthews | Get Scared | Play | 03:40 | 8 MB | 29 MB |
| 10 | HateAaron Accetta, Johnny Braddock, Shep Goodman, Bradley "Lloyd" Iverson, Dan Juarez, Nicholas Matthews | Get Scared | Play | 03:45 | 8 MB | 30 MB |
| 11 | DrownJohnny Braddock, John Feldmann, Bradley "Lloyd" Iverson, Dan Juarez, Nicholas Matthews, Get Scared | Get Scared | Play | 03:58 | 9 MB | 31 MB |
| 12 | Scream | Get Scared | Play | 03:39 | 8 MB | 28 MB |
| 42 mins | 98 MB | |||||
| 42 mins | 334 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aaron Accetta | Composer, Producer |
| 2 | Fred Archambault | Engineer |
| 3 | Johnny Braddock | Composer, Group Member |
| 4 | John Feldmann | Additional Production, Composer, Engineer, Mixing, Percussion, Producer, Programming, String Arrangements, Vocals |
| 5 | Seth Foster | Mastering |
| 6 | Joe Gastwirt | Mastering |
| 7 | Get Scared | Composer, Primary Artist |
| 8 | Shep Goodman | Composer, Producer |
| 9 | Kevin Griffin | Composer |
| 10 | Bradley "Lloyd" Iverson | Composer, Group Member |
| 11 | Dan Juarez | Composer, Group Member |
| 12 | Craig Mabbitt | Vocals |
| 13 | Nicholas Matthews | Composer, Group Member |
| 14 | Jon Nicholson | Drum Technician |
| 15 | Brandon Paddock | Engineer, Pro-Tools |
| 16 | Mikhail Pivovarov | Assistant Engineer |
| 17 | Steve Poon | Guitar Technician |
| 18 | Erik Ron | Second Engineer |
| 19 | Brian Sperber | Engineer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |