As the Black Parade marches into the sunset, taking all the bad press it gained in the UK with it, My Chemical Romance return with their first collection of new material since 2006.\u00a0 This time around the emo rockers trade their dark uniforms for vibrant colours and futuristic alter egos.<\/p>\n

Whatever your opinion of them, you have to admire the way they\u2019ve won over their dedicated fan base. From their second album onwards, they have cleverly managed to tick a different box relating to their target demographic: emotional teens.\u00a0 Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge<\/a><\/em> tackled broken heart syndrome, The Black Parade<\/a><\/em> handled the \u2018cool to be different\u2019 phase and with their latest, Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys<\/a><\/em> they\u2019ve done it again, adopting larger-than-life post-apocalyptic outlaw personas. What emotion-ridden teen doesn\u2019t have a taste for the theatrical?<\/p>\n

The running conceit of the album is that the band are the Fabulous Killjoys, a group of vigilantes living on the edge of a dystopian city run into the ground by the sinister Better Living Industries.\u00a0 But let\u2019s forget about that for now, because apart from some fighting-talk lyrics and a radio transmission (with Mindless Self Indulgences\u2019 Steve Montano voicing DJ Dr Death Defying) tuning in every now and then between tracks, it has little impact on the album as a whole.<\/p>\n

Debut single \u2018Na Na Na\u2019 kicks things off, setting a tone which, despite it\u2019s gimmicky title, shifts away from pop slightly and aims closer to the their punk rock roots. However this doesn\u2019t last long, \u2018Danger Days\u2019 is an uneven mix of dance floor boppers and emo rock ballads with a brief scattering of pop-punk fun for good measure.\u00a0 Going from one extreme to the other, the album feels a little disjointed and as such, never seems to find its voice.<\/p>\n

Slower tracks like \u2018S\/C\/A\/R\/E\/C\/R\/O\/W\u2019 and \u2018The Kids From Yesterday\u2019 are guaranteed to get the crowd swaying at future gigs, but more mainstream rock songs like \u2018Bulletproof Heart\u2019 and \u2018Summertime\u2019 are a little on the forgettable side. The fast paced punk of\u00a0 \u2018Save Yourself I\u2019ll Hold Them Back\u2019 (again relating to the outlaw theme) and \u2018Party Poison\u2019, are more exciting, both trying valiantly to win the listener back, (with the latter being the albums standout track) but sadly it\u2019s just not enough.\u00a0 Maybe it\u2019s time for the Killjoys to hit the road once again.<\/p>\n

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The Black Parade? That was so 2006, My Chemical Romance are back with Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-reviews"],"yoast_head":"\n