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Same Chords. Same Song. Same Six Strings (Suburban
Home) This disc hasn’t left the sanctity of my car stereo yet.
It’s a solid punk album, (fun to drive to), awesome lyrics, great
sound. It is the classic punk cloud with a special silver lining of
some guitar riffs reminiscent of 80’s cheese metal (which is always a
good thing!), and also some more modern rock sounds, like heavier guitar
solos and drums. You can even
detect a hint of ska as they make good use of the brass.
The lyrics are especially fun to sing along to in “I Never Want
to Rest,” “Concrete Ocean,” “Wrong Reasons” (with some ooooohs
for the avid “backup singer” – you know, that person that always
sings the background stuff ? Come
on! You do it, too…) and “Blood is a Chemical” (also
incorporating some intoxicatingly entrancing good times for the backup
singer). The lyrics
scrutinized seem a bit on the down on the surface, but more prevalent is
their ability to take a depressing topic and present it with their skewed
optimism. You’ll get this disc and WANT to show all your friends how
good it is, but you’ll have to get them to your house (or in my case,
the car) to listen, because you just can’t bear to let it go for even
one day. – Christina
Quartuccio
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