CROSS - "Die Forever" LP

CROSS - Die Forever LP (Sophomore Lounge, 2012) "[Here] we have a veteran of the 2000s underground in Michael A. "Ma" Turner, who made three or four of the more singular underground rock LPs of the 2000s with his band Warmer Milks, now re-embracing the 1990s sounds of his youth in his new band Cross, in this case going right back to Nirvana, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, and the very birth of emotional grunge itself. Or is it that simple? Going into it, I was thinking of the band as a continuation of Warmer Milks, so it took me a couple listens to readjust and realize this is very much R. Clint Colburn's band as well. He writes four of the songs by himself, including the first two on the album. Turner writes two by himself, and the remaining four are by Turner/Colburn. And, where Turner is the sole credited guitarist and has more of a background vocal presence, Colburn is the sole credited lead vocalist on all tracks, using a smooth goth/grunge ballad style that occasionally rips into