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Pennywise formed back in 1988 and it took the band
till 1991 to ink a deal with Epitaph Records and
release their debut album, since the seventeen years
Pennywise have been together they have released
8 studio albums and sold well over three million
albums across the world. Pennywise have always stayed
true to themselves and have made a career out of
pretty much the same sound, each Pennywise record
sounds quite like the last, the band tend to not
stray away from their well known sound and this
is something people have been criticizing the band
for for some time now, but I like to think if it
isn’t broken don’t fix it and that’s
exactly what Pennywise are doing.
The band are now back on the punk rock scene
with their ninth studio album Reason To Believe,
the album has been produced by longtime Pennywise
fan and seasoned producer Cameron Webb and is
being released on the bands long time label Epitaph,
the band have also teamed up with myspace which
will see the album released for free on the social
networking site for a limited time.
You can spot a Pennywise song from a mile off,
all you need is to hear the opening guitar riffs
or the vocals of Jim Lindberg and you will instantly
know you are listening to Pennywise and that is
exactly how the bands new album just a lot more
melodic than on their previous albums.
The album opens up with '(Intro) As Long As We
Can' which starts off with a long instrumental
introduction of constant fast drumming and powerful
guitar riffs and before you know it the bands
signature fast as fuck sound comes in the guitars
and are played at an extremely fast pace and frontman
Jim Lindberg's fast paced melodic vocals kick
in, the song is exactly what you would expect
from Pennywise and would easily be in the top
10 of best Pennywise songs.
The fast and heavy opening drum beats of 'One
Reason' is immense, it’s a heavy moment
you will find yourself skipping back to time and
time again, the vocals start off sounding quite
different than what you would expect from Pennywise
but as the chorus builds up Jim Lindbergs vocals
sound as bright as ever.
The most outstanding song on Reason To Believe
has to be the huge 'Something To Live For'. The
song starts with a huge fast assault of drums
and guitars which is the start of an extremely
fast melodic 2minutes 38seconds, the chorus is
big and very sing a long and the overall song
sounds very tight and well produced.
The instrumental work on the album is stunning,
the band seem to be able to play everything at
100mph and not get tired or bored, even though
the band have been knocking out the same riffs
for their whole career, it still sounds fresh
and goes down really well.
If you are a hardcore Pennywise fan then you
will know what to expect from Reason To Believe
and will love the album, if you are a passer by
who has never heard the band then you could easily
become hooked on Pennywise and if you are one
of the people who are tired of the band playing
the same sound for nearly 20 years then you are
really wasting your time reading this review and
have to think that the band must be doing something
right to still be able to make a living in the
music industry many years after they first formed.
4/5
Review by Trigger |
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Members |
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Jim Lindberg (Vocals)
Fletcher Dragge (Guitar) Randy
Bradbury (Bass)
Byron McMackin (Drums) |
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1. (Intro) As Long As We Can
2. One Reason
3. Faith And Hope
4. Something To Live For
5. All We Need
6. The Western World
7. We'll Never Know
8. Confusion
9. Nothing To Lose
10. It's Not Enough To Believe
11. You Get The Life You Choose
12. Affliction
13. Brag, Exaggerate & Lie
14. Die For You
15. Next In Line (BONUSTRACK) |
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Score Code |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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What Was That? |
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