Polar Similar

Polar Similar — a play on "polar opposites" — is an almost ironic title, because the band that created it is so far from the one that once b...

Despite their numerous lineup changes, NORMA JEAN sets an example for young bands on how to come hungry. It's not so much what the metalcore vets are capable of doing, which has been an exemplary evolution, as much as the fortitude that drives them. I tell this story frequently, which epitomizes the...

Polar Similar is the perfect title for an album such as this; it's as much a polar opposite as can be from Norma Jean's past records, but is still a record only Norma Jean could pull off.

While Norma Jean has been able to pull this off for years on end, their seventh full length, Polar Similar, may be their crowning achievement.