Album Review: What’s Worth More? – I Divide
With their 2011 release ‘What’s Worth More?’, I Divide demonstrate an ability well beyond their years. The album opens with an ethereal piece entitled ‘Introduction’, which evokes a surreal and dreamlike mood. This soon evolves and tightens into the surgical riff work of ‘The Arrival’, and from this point on the intensity, tightness and compositional quality of the music impresses. ‘This Ships Going Down’ and ‘Stranger in the Spotlight’ maintain the grip; fast paced, punchy yet equally catchy and melodic. From the mercurial to the melancholy, and with a strange kind of benevolence, ‘Interlude’ provides a space for reflection and further demonstrates the band’s versatile nature. ‘Burning Out’ and ‘Deja Vu’ soon re-establish the hard-core element and the essential theme of the album. Overall, ‘What’s Worth More?’ is certainly fast paced and hard hitting, yet it is expressive and retains a lot to keep it fresh, keep you interested, and keep you wanting more.