Review of Armor For Sleep's "What to Do When You Are Dead"

I am going to be reviewing What to Do When You Are Dead, the newest album from Armor For Sleep. (Credit for discovery of this band goes to Jessica)
Okay, first is the review of the cd and booklet and stuff. It's a weird concept album or something about dying and ghosts, which is kind of morbid. I got two cd booklets, and I'm not sure if that is intentional. One is cut up and on my wall. I also got a little booklet which I like a lot, called "What to Do When You Are Dead: A Guide to The Afterlife" and says like "don't go to the light, how to float, how to walk through walls" stuff like that. I like it.
Okay, here is the review of the actual cd.
Car Underwater: The first song I ever loved. It was on my Warped cd. Anyway, he's talking about some girl who shafted him and he doesn't want to but he still loves her. That's what I got out of it. Anyway, I think this is the start of his death, and the whole story. He drove his car off a bridge and his last thoughts are bitter ones about his ex girlfriend. How sad. It is my opinion that Ben Jorgenson is really messed up to write a whole album about death. Talented and stellar, but messed up. Anyway, really good song, very heartfelt.
The Truth About Heaven: My second favorite. Ben (as we shall call the unnamed narrator) has died and is in Heaven, but it is not as good as everyone says it is and he comes back to tell the girl "it rains in heaven all day long" and "let you know I'm miserable up here without you" He has come back to her place, presumably to kill her and make Heaven sunny again, but that is never revealed. Anyway its a really really good song. You can feel his pain keenly, like a knife (very poetic) It is interspersed with quiet parts where he warns "don't believe that the weather is perfect the day that you die".
Remember to Feel Real: Now we get a bitter song. He's entreating her to stay with him even though, apparently, he is a mess. And his friends were never his friends, he finds out. Rather good song. I can feel the bitterness, and we get some vocal grittiness from Ben as he says "I'd wait it out for you" and then there is the everpresent slow and soft interlude which can often cross the line to cheesiness, but Ben pulls it off very well.
Awkward Last Words: I really like the beginning guitar riff and drum part in this one. Beautiful. Now he is regretting driving his car off the cliff and wants to live again. And it is the (once again) ever present "don't love me I will only hurt you!" But she tricked him...she hurt him first.
Ha.
Stay on the Ground: Okay, so now Ben is getting depressed. He also says repeatedly "stay on the ground" and that is one of the advice thingies in the booklet I got in my cd. I think. Anyway, it sounds familiar. The tune is really good, but kind of banal.
The More You Talk the Less I Hear: This is a sentiment I have sometimes from hanging around Heidi ha ha. I really like this song. It has a harder edge than any of the previous songs. We also get some BAD LANGUAGE. So Katherine, don't listen to this song. It will only shock you. Ben Jorgenson is an amazing lyricist, I must admit.
Basement Ghost Singing: This is an awesome song. Ben has eschewed guitars in favour of techno, which usually I would despise, but is actually done really well on this song. Its so melancholy, he's a lonely ghost living in his girlfriend's basement and wants her to see him again but she can't cuz he's a ghost. It's an amazing song.
Walking At Night, Alone: A slower, acousticky song. His voice is kind of whiny at the beginning. Nice double tracking however. Just lovely. When he keeps saying "don't leave me alone" you can feel his terror at the prospect. Ben Jorgenson is really good at conveying his emotions.
I Have Been Right All Along: Good drums at the beginning. A little too much rhyming, it gets banal. Good guitar riff in the middle-ish part.
A Quick Little Flight: Ooh, nice organ at the beginning. I like the distortion they do to his voice. More techno stuff, but it works.
The End of a Fraud: A slower song. Nice tune, I like it very much. When the rest of the instruments come in and he starts screaming, that's the best part. Very nice.
Overall, very good effort by Ben Jorgenson and the rest of the band. 3 out of 5.