★★★★★
Release Date: March 15, 2013 The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus released a pretty decent song, actually. The only issue is, it's 19 minutes long. Honestly, the EP as a whole is not awful, but each song truly sounds all but identical, making it nearly impossible to listen to all at once. Ronnie Winter, the band's vocalist, has a decent voice, but he sings in the same key in virtually every song, and rarely attempts to change his pitch throughout a song...
- absolutepunk.net
2013-05-01
★★★★★
Sound: Over the past several years, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus has been known for one thing: "Face Down". The song, which appeared on their debut album "Don't You Fake It" and addressed domestic violence, became one of the few rock songs with screaming vocals to make the Top 40 charts. With the success of that song, "DYFI" went triple-platinum. Their next album, "Lonely Road", which was produced by Howard Benson, was a misguided attempt to repeat the success of their first album...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2012-04-12
★★★★★
Sound: I thought good names for rockbands were over by the end of '70s... God, I was wrong... These five guys from Middleburg, Florida proved I was sooo wrong... Whatever they meant by naming themselves The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, it sounds hilarious and cool. It took them about 3 years to get a deal and release a debut album -- "Don't You Fake It...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2012-04-12
★★★★★
Sound: The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, a band whose name I always struggle to spell correctly, released their debut album "Don't You Fake It" in 2005. The band's sound is a sort of mix between pop, rock and a lite touch of screamo; Alternative rock or pop punk, if you will. The lead singer Ronnie Winter has the pitch matching qualities that may even rival that of Journey's Steve Perry. Similar artists might be Anberlin or even newer/less heavy Escape The Fate...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2012-04-12
★★★★★
Sound: In their latest release the Red Jumpsuit Apparatus brings a new kind of sound to the table. Lonely Road, released February 3rd, 2009, strays away from the Rja's original sound going more pop-punk. RJA originally had more of a hardcore sound with minimal pop-punk influence, but the new album has more a pop aspect. All of the basic RJA principals are there like the catchy choruses, but they are experimenting with a new sound here. There are ballads as well as hardcore songs...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2012-04-12
★★★★★
Hey, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, we still haven't forgiven you for bailing on us a few years back. However, we're such a cool bunch of people that we still decided to review your new album, Am I the Enemy. After what I just heard, I wish we hadn't. What happened to you guys? The fervour and zest of Don't You Fake It has vanished completely, leaving us with a collection of poor, overproduced and emotionless songs, which wouldn't even find their way onto a B-side album of one of your competitors...
- www.musicreview.co.za
2011-10-13
★★★★★
Some may recall a time when 'Face Down', The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus' lead single from their first album 'Don't You Fake It', was every angsty teenager's staple emotional rock song, blowing up the pop and rock charts alike, successfully elevating the band to an ephemeral fame. Making a slight return towards their heavier sound, 2011 sees the five-some release their third album 'Am I The Enemy' hoping to emulate the success of their previous albums...
- www.alterthepress.com
2011-09-19
★★★★★
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus had a difficult task on their hands a few years ago when they were set to release the follow-up to their 2006 breakthrough album Don't You Fake It. After the widespread success that album got them, the stakes were high for their sophomore album to solidify their status in the scene. What happened, however, wasn't what was planned...
- www.reviewrinserepeat.com
2011-09-12
★★★★★
Summary: This effort may be a drastic improvement over Lonely Road, but The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus remain their own worst enemy. What can be said about the modern pop-punk scene that hasn't already been beaten to death? Boring, trite, repetitive...every adjective has been taken along with a slew of analogies comparing the genre to a cookie cutter or dead horse...
- www.sputnikmusic.com
2011-09-05
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