It seems to have been a great year for A Day to Remember with a headline tour followed by just recently a support slot with hardcore upstarts Bring Me The Horizon as they gained a legion of fans across the UK.

My first experience with A Day To Remember was a cover of a Kelly Clarkson song and I was amused at how it was possible for a band to make 'Since You’ve Been Gone' into a rock song (unlike X Factor two weeks ago and their ‘rock week’) so I decided to listen to Homesick to see if my smile could carry this brilliance over to a full album. Luckily their version of the song highlights the downfall of us all with it’s gang chorus and growling cry's of LET’S GO! It gets you wanting to dance and move your head around.

There are weird song titles on "Homesick" such as 'I’m made of wax Larry, what are you made of?' But unlike other bands that do this sort of music, A Day To Remember have decided to mix the hardcore style screams with a more mainstream singing voice and it works. It also helps that members of The Devil Wears Prada and The Acaica Strain guest on a few tracks making it heavier than most.

The production by Chad Gilbert (yes, New Found glory) is actually very well done as everything sounds clearer including the growled vocals (which normally to the untrained ear can just be unintelligible).

"Homesick" is a very enjoyable listen and has the big crossover potential that any bands of this nature can only strive for.