Wednesday, December 17, 2008

SIX DAYS NO SLEEP

17. Alkaline Trio - Over And Out


Alkaline Trio are pretty consistent, and I think their albums have got better every time (although the live gigs were never as good as the first one I saw). From Here To Infirmary was better than Godammit and Maybe I'll Catch Fire. Good Mourning was better than From Here To Infirmary. Crimson was better than Good Mourning and now Agony & Irony is better than Crimson. Why? I'm not sure. The songs are better, especially Dan Andriano's. They've obviously grown up as it's no longer balls to the walls, but the choruses now lift the songs to a new place. Over And Out seems to be a song about dying, so it's certainly not a happy song, but when the 'Run for cover' chorus comes in you just want to sing along. 

There seems to be an acoustic version floating around but below is the original (with added lyrics)



16. The Bronx - Six Days A Week


What can we say about the Bronx? It's just proper hardcore, but the songs extend beyond the Fuck You days of the early 80s. Reasons they are great: 1. All their albums are called The Bronx. 2. The video for History's Stranglers (watch here) 3. The beginning of the last London show, and I quote "The drinkers can drink, the moshers can mosh and the stage divers, well you know what to do" as Matt Caughthran throws himself head first into the crowd on the very first note of the first song.

This song, 6 Days A Week, is basically two hardcore songs melded together. The singing is bordering on shouting, but always in tune. This is hardcore for now and it's fantastic.


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