A solo effort from
Chris Carrabba
,
Swiss Army Romance
was essentially
acoustic
emo
. Aside from using an acoustic guitar, however,
Carrabba
sticks to the usual emo tropes , with personal lyrics that impressionable teenagers would find easy to relate to. His voice is powerful and heartful, and he displays how beautiful an acoustic guitar can sound, but he does brush against the samey sound that many
artists encounter. What makes
stand out are the excellent songs, spotlighted by
"Screaming Infidelities"
and
"Living in Your Letters."
~ Zachary Curd