Escape the Fate – Dying Is Your Latest Fashion

Review

Man, 2006 was a wild time to be an emo kid—and Dying Is Your Latest Fashion was right in the thick of it. Escape the Fate’s debut album bottled up all the eyeliner, angst, and adrenaline of the MySpace era and blasted it through distorted guitars and venomous hooks. Ronnie Radke’s vocals swing from snarling rage to wounded melody, embodying that perfectly chaotic energy of heartbreak turned into theater.

Tracks like “Situations” and “Not Good Enough for Truth in Cliché” still hit with that reckless swagger, a blend of post-hardcore aggression and pop-punk catchiness that defined a generation of warped tour devotees. Beneath the breakdowns and bravado, though, there’s a sense of real desperation—an undercurrent of kids trying to make sense of chaos through volume and eyeliner. It’s messy, it’s dramatic, and it’s glorious for exactly that reason.

Almost two decades later, Dying Is Your Latest Fashion still feels like a time capsule full of fire and eyeliner. It’s not subtle, but it was never meant to be. It’s the sound of teenage rebellion echoing down the hallway of a high school that never really leaves you. - Jake