Vitality Theory

Personnel: Madison Stolzer (vocals, guitar); Cody Lumpkin (vocals); Ricky Bakosh (guitar); Nate Steinheimer (keyboards); Matt Hahn (drums); Joel Wanasek (programming).Audio Mixer: Andreas Magnusson.Recording information: JTW Recording, Milwaukee, WI.It isn't hard to understand why some screamo bands don't want to be called screamo bands. So many forgettable, pedestrian bands came out of screamo in the mid- to late 2000s that screamo-bashing became quite fashionable. Problem: it's unfair to lump the talented screamo bands in with the glut of lousy or mediocre screamo bands. It's best to evaluate screamo on an album-by-album basis, and Rosaline's The Vitality Theory deserves to be recognized as one of the stronger screamo releases of 2010. This 48-minute CD has the familiar screamo elements; Rosaline love to contrast melodic sensitivity with brutal hardcore-minded outbursts. Clean vocals are contrasted with screaming hardcore vocals, although Rosaline occasionally throw in some death met