{"id":554,"date":"2026-03-07T11:03:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T17:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"\/theoutcast\/theoutcast\/reviews\/switchblade-symphony-bread-and-jam-for-frances\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T12:46:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T17:46:40","slug":"switchblade-symphony-bread-and-jam-for-frances","status":"publish","type":"reviews","link":"https:\/\/adkoi.com\/theoutcast\/reviews\/switchblade-symphony-bread-and-jam-for-frances\/","title":{"rendered":"Switchblade Symphony &#8211; &#8220;Bread and Jam for Frances&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There aren&#8217;t many bands in the &#8220;gothic&#8221; realm that I&#8217;m familiar with, but when it comes to Tina Root and company, I&#8217;m there. When I first popped this disc in, I was totally expecting a continuation from the previous album, and to a certain degree I was correct. The angelic, put-me-in-a-trance type vocals are definitely still here, and that of course was the first thing that I noticed and loved about this band. The excellent, original and dark moody feeling within the music is still here, but it has a different vibe from &#8220;Serpentine G.&#8221;. The thing that this album has musically that the last one didn&#8217;t have is the up-beat, somewhat pop\/dance beat to it. But it&#8217;s hard for me to use &#8220;pop&#8221; for a description because it isn&#8217;t the typical &#8220;pop&#8221;sound many of us have heard on the radio. I don&#8217;t know what other word I can use to describe it. 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