Album Review: Silver Bleeds The Black Sun... by AFI

AFI's latest transformation is inconsistently brilliant, offering scattered glimpses of how wonderfully this band could age should they ever piece together the loose ends of the puzzle. Having grown up listening to AFI, it's hard to believe that they've been around for thirty years. That perception isn't merely because time flies, either. The band constantly shapeshifts, from the raucous punk of their debut Answer That And Stay Fashionable to their dark, electronically-infused magnum opus Sing the Sorrow, to more of a post-punk sound on recent efforts.

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AFI has never been a band to shy away from evolution. In fact, they encourage it as a natural progression of their sound. For the last 33 years, the California natives have seeped into every orifice of rock's subgenres, growing from their nascent hardcore sound in the early '90s, into their classic punk leanings in the new millennium, before segueing into the depths of emo, alternative, new wave and more in the years since.

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