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 Luckily for us both, Caruanas passion for music was long from dead. In fact, it simply needed a short hiatus from band life in order for him to truly realise he belongs on stage being arguably the best front man in pop-punk. When he finally decided to play again, he had plenty of material from which to draw and the end product was I Am The Avalanche, both the band itself, and their first debut album. "Dead and Gone", the opening track a live favourite is a melodious ode to an old girlfriend of Caruanas, although thoughts of closure with the Movielife can't help but be considered. Catchy and gritty, undoubtedly a song full of both regret, and anger, but focussing on the future at the same time. Hey hey, indeed!  "Green Eyes" opens with quite a bizarre set of lyrics and gradually builds into a questionable musical assault on an ex girlfriend. "I knew she was from the West Coast, or the best coast as she said" - it's hardly Shakespeare, but this little sonnets got just as much charm. Following that quite odd song, "I Took A Beating" should attract any Movielife fan. Loud, proud, heavy and ripened, this song tells the story of Caruanas 2003. Intriguing and electric, the kind of song which should be a single. Undoubtedly one of the best tracks on the album. The next track, "Wasted" slows the pace down but screams the story of a love tale, from start to finish. Self realisation coming to light heavily in this track. "Always" continues with the pace of the previous track, but takes a distinctly darker undertone as it turns heavier and is filled with hooks and bass lines that just scream to be played live and sang along to. "This is Dungeon music" opens with an immediately summoning bass line and draws you into the song with high expectations, surpassed in the usual Caruana style, addictive and a close second place for best track. "Symphony", another outstanding song yet again revolves around a simple yet catchy bass line, I happened to catch this song live, and it's the most memorable of the set. It's beefy, it's meaningful, and most importantly, it almost signifies what IATA are together as a band. A mix up of several different elements, coming together to make better than good. "Emergency" is undoubtedly a sing-a-long track, and although fast paced brings us a real understanding of Caruanas workings. Broken down by several slow paced hooks, this song has such variation it's a complicated, but pleasurable song to listen to. The penultimate track, "Clean Up" is a real slow track, but a great change following "Emergency" and demonstrates the bands ability to scale that musical mountain that is, as mentioned in regards to the last track, variation. It's different from the rest of the album, but it's not out of place and in a way, it's so different, that it's more IATA than any other track on the album. "My Second Restraining Order", the last track closes the album perfectly, drawing influence without a doubt from every single other track on the CD, and probably most of what The Movielife did, its almost an ode to IATA, and a cliff-hanger of an ending. It leaves you wanting more, and if Caruana is anything to go by, more is what you'll be getting. All in all, a brilliant debut, matured by Caruanas experiences but given that edge of young, new to the game band members, who are most certainly over looked. Almost hypocritically now after I’ve been saluting Caruana at every given opportunity in this review, I’m going to say don't overlook the ability of the rest of the band. Just check out the drummer. He's larger than life in more ways than one, but I'll leave that for you to investigate. Combining the heavy with the melodious, and with the lyrical genius being the biggest compliment the utterly great songs could get, this album is worth fifty of it's weight in gold. My new favourite CD of 2005. Audio: Download Symphony MP3
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