Coheed & Cambria: No World For Tomorrow

With bassist Michael Todd and drummer Josh Eppard leaving the band mid-tour, things were looking a little hazy for Coheed & Cambria. After enjoying the success and massive buzz of their previous albums ‘The Second Stage Turbine Blade’ (February 2002), ‘In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3′ (October 2003), ‘Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness’ (September 2005) – the band was in a precarious position as it was about to begin work on the ‘Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow’ album. But as luck would have it, bassist Todd returned to the fold and former Dillinger Escape Plan drummer Chris Pennie took over the drummer’s stool. Due to contractual obligations Pennie was not able to play on the album but Foo Fighters’ skinsman Taylor Hawkins appears in his place. Coheed & Cambria play a complex but infectious brand of Progressive Rock that is simply littered with melodic hooks and harmonies that leave you wanting more after each and every listen. Couple all this with some classic guitar riffing and lead crooner Claudio Sanchez’s high pitch Geddy Lee-esque vocals and you end up with (yet another) amazing Coheed & Cambria album! Yet amongst all the prog-rock craziness, there are some brilliant pop moments as these guys have an uncanny knack of writing what is catchy and memorable all at once. Standout tracks for me right now are ‘The Running Free’ and title track ‘No World For Tomorrow’. Bottom line, it’s a Coheed & Cambria album and with that in mind, you are guaranteed a multitude of glorious melodies, serious riffage and the continual nerd-nirvana of the three album space-rock-opera that has even made it onto the pages of a comic book! Geek bliss!