Evergreen Terrace; hardcore from Florida. The band went through a phase of not releasing any new material, and this is one of those albums (except for one track).
At Our Worst is a collection of live tracks, demo tracks, and one unreleased song. The first give songs are live songs; which have great sound quality. What's always been good about Evergreen Terrace is their ability to mix Drew's and Craig's vocals together. Though a majority of the vocals are screamed, the clean mixed in is nice. And the screamed vocals aren't completely incoherent either. The live songs are all recorded well, and there's nothing that really over powers in the mix, although Drew's screaming does tend to be a little loud and the bass is slightly soft. Overall, the live tracks are well performed, though "In My Dreams I Can Fly" has some sloppy backing vocals at the start. As with most metalcore bands, the drumming gets redundant, as there only so many things you can do with a double bass pedal...most of it resulting in the repetitive *dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun*.
The unreleased song; "You're Entering A World Of Pain". It didn't make the cut for
Burned Alive By Time, but despite this, it remains a solid song. Now the demos. These were all written, according the liner notes, within two months of forming. The result is very forced vocals, off-sounding drums, and rough mixes. The songs still have something to them and are still forceful, they're just not as polished as they could be. Overall though, for being demos, they're good.
Despite having no new material,
At Our Worst is a nice glimpse at what the band started as and what they can do live. Instrument wise, the drumming is, as stated before, repetitive. The vocals are sometimes too loud, and the bass can rarely be heard; only when by itself. It's not really a necessity, but, if you are a fan of Evergreen Terrace, it is worth getting, even if only for the awesome cover art.
6/10
Enjoy it.
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