Album Review: Rescuer - Anxiety Answering

There's a lot to be said for making passionate music, but the latest from Rescuer sees the Tampa post-hardcore band cross well over the sincerity horizon into full-blown histrionics. Singing like he's just been shot, frontman JP Marra opens his mouth and the pain of the world flows forth in slack-jawed fury. The songs are solid but lack the raw emotion needed to make them truly stand out; instead they're entrenched in post-hardcore tropes to the point where they become obnoxious and almost satirical. Anxiety Answering shows a lot of promise, but ends up ringing hollow and forgettable.