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│██ Artist : Alkaline Trio
██ Album : Agony & Irony
██ Year : 2008
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│██ Genre : Punk Rock Quality : 997kbps avg/441kHz/2 channels
│██ Source : CD Size : 450.46Mb
│██ Encoder : FLAC 1.3.1 Language : English
:██ Cat. Nr : VVR1051189 Label : V2 Records
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│▓█ Release date: 2020-01-16 Retail date: 2008-07-01
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1. Calling All Skeletons 3:18 ██
2. Help Me 3:44 ██
3. In Vein 3:56 ██
4. Over And Out 3:13 ██
5. I Found Away 4:00 ██
6. Do You Wanna Know? 3:36 ██
7. Live Young, Die Fast 4:13 ██
8. Love Love, Kiss Kiss 3:25 ██
9. Lost And Rendered 3:22 ██
10. Ruin It 3:36 ██
11. Into The Night 3:22 ██
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1. Burned In This House 4:25 ██
2. Maybe I'll Catch Fire (Acoustic) 3:03 ██
3. Live Young, Die Fast (Acoustic) 3:18 ██
4. Into The Night (Acoustic) 3:11 ██
5. Over And Out (Acoustic) 2:46 ██
6. Lost And Rendered (Acoustic) 3:14 ██
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██│ Since the release of Goddamnit in 1998, Matt Skiba has found success
██│ in depressing teenagers worldwide through catchy and irresistible
██│ hooks. Whether itÆs about drinking whiskey until dawn or being strung
██│ out on life, heÆs always bordering on suicidal, but unless you were
██│ listening intently, youÆd never notice. ThatÆs where Alkaline Trio,
██│ for the past ten years now, succeeds. And with the release of their
██│ sixth album, Agony & Irony, they have yet to falter.
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██│ Continuing the glossy, pop-punk sensibilities that seemed to overload
██│ 2005Æs Crimson, Agony & Irony is awash with palm muting, riff work
██│ that would please Ric Ocasek (of The Cars), and clap fills galore.
██│ ThereÆs nothing that really advances the genre per say, but Skiba and
██│ his Chicago act have no problem with that. In fact, this album makes
██│ it quite clear theyÆre comfortable (and quite masterful) by staying
██│ within the boundaries. You canÆt argue with that, especially when the
██│ end result is both catchy and memorable.
██│ Album opener ôCalling All Skeletonsö is chock full of hooks. If the
██│ power chord sequencing doesnÆt allure, then perhaps the bridge and
██│ chorus will suffice. Skiba has a knack for melody. Even if heÆs
██│ discussing the same theme again and again, itÆs the way he presents it
██│ that brings us back. If heÆs not grabbing you during the verse, then
██│ by the bridge or chorus heÆs wringing you by the neck.ThereÆs a
██│ formula to his songs and even after acknowledging that, they still
██│ work. ThatÆs a feat in itself. LetÆs be honest, how many magic shows
██│ are intriguing once the curtainÆs been pulled?
██│
██│ This formula carries over in every song. ItÆs not just SkibaÆs show,
██│ either. Drummer Derek Grant moves the song along at break neck speeds,
██│ with fills that might have Travis Barker salivating. In songs ôIn
██│ Veinö or ôI Found Awayö (inarguably the most driving song on the
██│ album) Grant assembles a treadmill-like progression that sends the
██│ songs into overdrive. Bassist and co-vocalist Daniel Andriano is right
██│ behind Skiba always, carrying over some harmonies that only condition
██│ the pre-packaged hooks, as heard on songs ôDo You Wanna Know?ö or
██│ ôOver And Out.ö
██│
██│ Lyrically, this album finds itself with potholes. One would think that
██│ Skiba is better than such lines, ôSo save your breath/ you took your
██│ time/ and stashed it away/ deep down inside of a cardboard box marked
██│ ôrainy dayö.ö He proved that with 2001Æs brilliant From Here to
██│ Infirmary, when songs ôArmageddonö or ôStupid Kidö were on every kidÆs
██│ mixtape. On a positive note, though, itÆs nice to see him tracing back
██│ to influences such as the very Cure-esque, ôLove, Love, Kiss, Kissö,
██│ mirroring all our thoughts on smarmy, candy coated romances.
██│
██│ WhatÆs important to note with this sixth album is the cohesion. None
██│ of the songs feel out of place, even when the band is scaling back to
██│ the classic, more aggressive vibes, as seen here with the contagious
██│ ôRuin It.ö Agony & Irony is a crowd pleaser, and while Skiba probably
██│ wonÆt gain too broad of a fan base with it, he certainly wonÆt lose
██│ any. ThatÆs more than most bands in their genre can say nowadays.
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