• Artist: Unloco
• Flags: Lyrics are included with the album, Contains explicit content
• Rating:
• Styles: Alternative Metal, Heavy Metal

Review

With the departure of guitarist Brian Arthur to join Goldfinger, and with its back against the wall due to disappointing sales of its Healing album, Unloco hit the studios with a new guitarist and a damn-the-torpedoes attitude for Becoming I. The results are a more focused and aggressive sound, owing in large part to the depth and technical assurance exhibited by new guitarist Marc Serrano. There's more muscle as well in Joey Duenas' vocals, which span the gap from angst balladry on "Watching Me Slip" to mutant, gravelly catharsis on "Making Me Hate You" and back to an unexpected sensitivity on "Texas," with its un-Unloco acoustic guitar/cello sample arrangement. Aside from that track, their lyrics focus as much as ever on self-pity, worthlessness, and extreme annoyance, and their style continues to conform to post-metal conventions. But the band's sharper performance and dabbling in electronic atmospherics suggest this is the lineup that could give Unloco the aboveground exposure that had previously eluded its grasp. ~ Robert L. Doerschuk, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	iTunes	Composers	Performers	Time
Crashing		Unloco	Unloco	(3:22)
Failure		Unloco	Unloco	(3:19)
Hands and Knees		Unloco	Unloco	(3:19)
Texas		Unloco	Unloco	(3:24)
Empty			Unloco	(3:15)
Bruises			Unloco	(2:36)
Drowning in It			Unloco	(3:16)
Watching Me Slip			Unloco	(4:07)
Becoming I			Unloco	(5:27)
Fold			Unloco	(4:13)
Neurotic			Unloco	(3:29)
Making Me Hate You			Unloco	(2:55)

Credits

Scott Gilman (Flute), Scott Gilman (Guitar), Scott Gilman (Keyboards), Scott Gilman (Programming), Scott Gilman (Drum Programming), Andrew Murdock (Producer), Andrew Murdock (Engineer), Andrew Murdock (Mixing), James Minchin (Photography), Justin Z. Walden (Keyboards), Justin Z. Walden (Programming), Justin Z. Walden (Drum Programming), Mike Fasano (Drum Technician), Mudrock (Producer), Mudrock (Engineer), Mudrock (Mixing), Mudrock (Recording), Wes Seidman (Assistant), Unloco (Main Performer), Joey Duenas (Vocals), Joey Duenas (Acoustic Treatments), Victor Escareno (Bass), Victor Escareno (Vocals (Background)), Peter Navarrete (Drums), Fred Archambault (Engineer), Mark Renk (Vocal Coach)