I actually became interested into listening to Mayday! Cried The Captain merely due to the name of the act, so I was suckered in for a start.

After listening to their work on ye ol’ MySpace I thought the sound was rather similar to those acts that I have reviewed previously falling into the same genre.

The main differences are the synthetic aspect of the additional electronica, the passionate, hardcore screamo supporting the main vocalist is absolutely blinding, (that’s how you do it people)

The songs chosen to be sung as well are not as pathetic as I would stereotypically expect. If they made Today’s Gonna Be A Good Day in the same tone as WTCGM then I would like it more. I thought it was a little light and could’ve done with being turned down 1/2 a step.

The Lady Gaga cover on their player is great. If ever in the UK and were to be invited into the Radio 1 Live Lounge this would go down a storm. Not only a good cover but a fantastic rendition. I have warmed to the band after listening to that and the other tracks flow very nicely indeed. The Jekyll and Hyde vocal style on That Ain’t No Electrocore need a touch more work. rather than splitting it up, layer two vocal tracks over each other similar to Metallica‘s track Cure on the Load album.

Comparing them to others similar, they are harder, smarter, but maybe not faster because they are getting it right before they start. Good effort.

But the Lady Gaga cover of Just Dance is brilliant.