The Album Effect episode 30 reviews “The Missing Man” by AFI, and special submissions including “Thus Far” by hip-hop artist, DeVante Hunter, “Assembly” by Southwest rock band, Warriors of the Month, and “Drink It or Wear It” by punk rock band, The Blowouts, and more. Hosted by Manny, Nick, Dave, and Britt.

Check out and listen to DeVante Hunter’s Thus Far, here, also available on major streaming platforms.

Listen to Assembly by Warriors of the Month, on Spotify, also available on major streaming platforms.

Hear Drink It or Wear It by The Blowouts, on Spotify, also available on major streaming platforms.

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Missing Man (2018)

AFI

Formed while it’s members were still in high school, California-based band AFI made their debut in 1991. Vocalist Davey Havok and drummer Adam Carson are the band’s only remaining original members, though the current lineup has been together since 1998. AFI’s sound has evolved significantly over the years, but their roots are based in hardcore and punk, with 1995 debut, Answer That and Stay Fashionable, produced by Tim Armstrong of legendary punk bands Rancid and Operation Ivy. Havok has said AFI’s influences encompass everything from punk and metal bands to 80s goth like Bauhaus, The Cure and Sisters of Mercy. These influences could be heard on 1999’s Black Sails in the Sunset, which began the band’s shift into a darker sound that would continue throughout later releases. Though AFI was having significant success in the independent scene, it was their major label debut, 2003’s Sing the Sorrow, that propelled them to mainstream success. Decemberunderground followed three years later, becoming the band’s first number one album on the US Billboard chart.

For the follow-up to 2017’s well-received The Blood Album, AFI released surprise EP The Missing Man in December 2018. The EP was preceded only by an Instagram campaign involving the removal all photos of Havok, prompting rumors that that vocalist had left the band. Proving not to be the case, the band released “Get Dark” a day later, the first single from the new five-song EP. Guitarist Jade Puget said the band sought to create a more sparse, raw sound for this release, wanting to move away from the polished sound of their more recent studio work. Critics have praised the EP for a variety of styles befitting AFI’s history, as the five songs include everything from gritty, energetic tracks to those with a more cinematic sound.

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