Another Day Has Passed is the debut studio album by American hard rock band Goes Cube. I say hard rock, but that is apparently up for debate. They could be anything from hardcore to post hardcore to avant-punk, such is the whirling dervlish created around them by reviewers.I for one, detest this apparent fad of listing every possible nuance of a genre a band may or may not cover, so went into listening to this in a bad mood. But I was soon put in my place; this maelstrom of name calling is actually quite accurate.Within its first three numbers, Another Day Has Passed does indeed surprise you with the mixture of dynamics and textures Goes Cube employ. Opener “Bluest Sky” is a 2 minute smelter of grinding riffs and vocals, which could set the thing up as some sort of hardcore punk fest. They then abandon this idea with “Grinding the Knife Blade”, which drives into sunnier territory with a splicing of pleasant (ish) verse melody and crash and thud shouty choruses. “Restore” then redresses the balance again, with a down tempo clean verse and dissonant chorus combo; one that is actually quite quirkily done.Across the rest of the album, Goes Cube play around with these types of songwriting structure, with varying levels of success. “Saab Sonnet” and “Urbana-Champaign” recall the territories of “Restore”, and both are quite accomplished. Conversely, “I Hold Grudges” and “Victory” follow the template of “Bluest Sky”, and really aren’t much cop. Across all 13 tracks however, there is a unanimous hustle and bustle. You really do feel like you are listening to a fusion record, with the way they wedge four chord creaky vocal verses into line with grimy, grunge and stoner rock powered bridges and choruses. Occasionally between it all, there is a well chosen clean guitar interlude or break.The final (and title) track, “Another Day Has Passed”, puts all of this together, in an eight minute ‘suite’ of sorts. Although this all sounds very positive, it might be a good point to bring the reigns in a bit. For while Another Day Has Passed does in some cases successfully fuse musical styles together, they aren’t exactly the most exciting styles to fuse.Grungey grimy riffs, jarring punk chords, clean twiddly sections, guitar harmonies. It all pretty much falls under the hard rock/metal bracket, if we’re honest. And if you’re looking for a hookline, forget it. Apart from “Grinding the Knife Blade”, and “Urbana-Champaign”, there is very little on offer in this department. “Victory”, for example (probably the worst song on here) just repeats that very word, seamingly endlessly, over an irritating bouncy riff.It’s also worth pointing out that where they fail in blending these different fields can be quite glaringly bad. The change around a minute and a quarter into “Clenching Jaws” just doesn’t work, no matter how much you love your music thrown into a blender and spattered out at you.Nevertheless, this is a debut album, so that can be forgiven. All in all, Goes Cube have managed to do something quite unique here, and they deserve praise for that. There is a definate market for this type of music, perhaps done with a little more finesse and melodic awareness; to really help the bright moments stand out against the bleak. But it isnt anywhere near as impressive as other reviews may suggest. 57%Goes Cube on MySpace