After much thought, I'm going to have to give the best song on the album to "Butcher's Mouth." It does give me a mainstream vibe, but in a good way. It retains its edge with a solid and catchy chorus while retaining Emery's true sound. I really can't say anything negative about this song. I can feel the effort put forth on the vocals, the strongest element. It gives me the vibes of a track that Emery spent hours perfecting. This is a perfect example track of Emery's matured sound. It has a great progressive vibe put forth by the brilliant piano work.
In a year dominated by Warped Tour derived pop punk albums, Emery decided to let us all know that they would not let us forget about them. After their mediocre EP released last year, Emery had to release something along the lines of I'm Only a Man in order to retain their position as one of the best post-hardcore bands out there. If you like acts along the lines of Anberlin, Underoath, Escape The Fate, and Monty Are I, this is for you. It took forty-one minutes and one second for Emery to produce an album that without a doubt will bring back their fan base. If I could relate this to baseball, Emery just hit a homerun with ...And Shallow Seas We Sail.
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