Well since the band does have former members in it, yeah it's going to have similarities. You don't just change you're art style just because you're not performing with someone any more. Sometimes there are members that want to try something different and others don't agree. I've seen it tear bands apart more than a few times. Sometimes it's fun to do covers of songs that were in your other bands if fans already know the songs. That way you get people singing along when they may not know your new material yet. Since fans of We are the Fallen would know some EV stuff I don't see a big deal of playing it live. It's just like Angels and Airwaves playing Blink-182 songs live.

The media can make anything sound better or worse than what it really is so I wouldn't go by what a video says. You can make anything sound the way you want it to and post it on a video. Internet rumors aren't really the best places to go for "sources" on what happens inside of bands.

For the record, I am not a fan of We are the Fallen. I do quite enjoy OLD EV though. New stuff I don't care for all too much even though I do agree that Amy has more singing power than Carly will ever have.