Album Review: Falling In Reverse - Just Like You

At its best, Just Like You is as good a punk rock record as you’ve heard in a while. At its worst, it’s painfully camp and plain awful. Luckily, the majority of the album falls into the first category.

Falling In Reverse kick Just Like You off with a double-fisted opening barrage. Chemical Prisoner is a driven track that’ll pound you into wanting more, while (until the self-indulgent guitar solo) God, If You Are Above is equally as good.

At the other end of the spectrum, Sexy Drug would be at home on Miley Cyrus’ or Gwen Stefani’s next album (“Like O-M-G you make me come, come, come”). While lead singer Ronnie Radke clearly embraces these pop-tastic moments, and there are some classic late-‘90s pop-punk moments like Get Me Out (“Am I just a stupid boy with nothing left to lose?”), when juxtaposed with the very heavy moments like Die For You, there’s a distinct lack of consistency evident.

The Las Vegas band would undoubtedly find an audience if they were to focus on one end of the punk rock spectrum, but rather than viewing a contradictory album as a negative, it’s a testament to Falling In Reverse’s delivery and passion that they’ve managed to cultivate a massive following.

Just Like You will help cement Falling In Reverse’s status as a mega-band, and given their reputation for a killer live show (Radke named as one of the biggest current-day rock stars), their Soundwave sets should be something to behold.