Dusk and Summer, Liberation Transmission
Two of my favorite bands release brand new albums on the same day! How cool is that. Dashboard Confessional’s “Dusk and Summer”, and Lostprophets “Liberation Transmission” were rocking my iTunes yesterday. Now that my ear drums have stopped ringing and I have given each album a good listening to, I will tell ya what I think.
I blogged earlier about the release of Dashboard Confessional’s Dusk and Summer, and even though I had listened to the album on MTV’s the leak before purchasing the album (yes I bought it), I was still stoked to have it in my hand (or at least on my computer). I personally think this album is slightly heavier than “A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar” (which was also all electric). The only “acoustic” song on this album is the title track, but it still features some electric guitar in the background. Another great album from Chris and the boys, which will probably open the eyes of some new fans that initially wrote Dashboard off because of the emotional acoustic albums Chris put out in Dashboards infancy. If you liked the acoustic stuff (like me) then this album is no different, it’s just plugged in!
Now onto Losprophets; a band from south Wales that I probably haven’t mentioned too much on my blog, but have been listening to for a couple years now. I first got into them after purchasing their previous album “Start Something” for the song “Last Train Home” and have been hooked ever since. “Liberation Transmission” is a good album, but I think they may be trying to cash in on the “Last Train Home” type song success by writing mostly pop songs and nothing really over the top as they did on “Start Something”. Don’t get me wrong, this album is worth buying, but if you’re looking for songs like “We are Godzilla, You are Japan” or “We Still Kill the Old Way”, they are not on this album.
In conclusion these albums are both worthy of a listen and even a purchase, so blow the dust of your iTunes accounts and pick em up!
And speaking of brand new music……. another favorite band on mine “Brand New” has started the final mixing of their long awaited new album, which is supposed to drop later this year (no official date yet)….. Stay tuned!
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