Chicago's own The Lawrence Arms will release Metropole, their first
album in eight years, on January 28, 2014 via Epitaph. A beloved
band in the punk scene from their inception in 1999, members
Brendan Kelly (vocals/bassist), Chris McCaughan (vocals/guitar), and
Neil Hennessey (drummer) have released five studio albums to date.
Their sixth album and first with Epitaph, Metropole captures “that
alone-in-a-crowd, stranger-in-a-strange-land kind of shit” according
to Kelly. Metropole was recorded at Chicago's Atlas Studios with coproducer
Matt Allison, who has also worked with Chicago-punkscene
veterans Alkaline Trio. The follow-up to their 2009 Fat Wreck
Chords EP Buttsweat and Tears, the new venture takes apart the
band's gritty punk rock and fiery spirit, to reveal a new passion for
storytelling-through-songwriting. Take the bravely personal lyrics of
"You Are Here" where McCaughan ironically sings "Days just keep
rolling on / They won’t miss me when I’m gone / I’m the chorus to
that lonely street / Just footsteps fading to a dying beat.” After a long
hiatus, dedicated fans have missed The Lawrence Arms and are
ready for the band's most dynamic album to date.
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| Jason from Imperial Beach, CA |  |
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Feb 20 2014 |
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This is a solid return for these guys. There are only a few really great standout tracks, but it's a solid album overall. If you're a fan, you can't lose. If you've never heard them, you still can't lose. Go see them in concert too. I just saw them and it was awesome!
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I greatly enjoyed this album and am really happy to see the Lawrence arms have made their very long hiatus worth it, though I feel it strays from their original sound, sorta like a less angst-y.. "we're getting old" album, but in all honesty does not lack the musical creativity we've come to expect from the Lawrence arms. lyrically it's not their best work, but still in songs like "October Blood", the lyrics really do paint a picture and pack quite a punch, so I'm gonna have to be an indecisive prick, and go with a four outta five, absolutely would recommend this album to a friend, but not some one who's new to punk music. Anyways, here's my review like it or don't, that's up to you.
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