Kittie — Funeral For Yesterday

The first thing that comes to mind when listening to Funeral For Yesterday is, "Wow, Kittie still make music?" Yes, the London, Ontario girls are still plugging away, and someone has to be listening as they're on their fourth album. Numerous lineup changes and label disputes haven't done much to change the band's sound, as they're more or less rehashing the same down-tuned nu-metal they cashed in with on their Spit debut. Vocalist Morgan Lander seems to have outgrown her growls, as she focuses more on melody this time around, but her limited range as a singer makes every song a boring mesh of tired hooks. It doesn't help that the riffs lack the bite of even the most mediocre modern metalcore acts, and coupled with Lander's voice, Funeral For Yesterday does nothing to convince listeners that Kittie are a band to be taken seriously.