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Ten years later, Lifetime reunite and bring us a new album..

Daniel Fitzgerald | Santa Cruz, CA USA | 03/17/2007

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Ten years later, Lifetime reunite and bring us a new album. Thanks to Steve Evetts, (aside from the bass guitar), this album sounds fantastic and punchy. Musically, the boys didn't add in nearly as many subtle one-liner riffs and octave chords. But after 10 years, it sounds like the next logical album for Lifetime as if it were released only 2 years after Jersey's Best Dancers. It sounds to Jersey's as that did coming from Hello Bastards (if that makes sense). Ari's lyrics are still kind of satyrical, but aren't as clever. Scott's drumming is at his best. They didn't write any super stand-out tracks in either the fast or slow field (such as Danuerysm, Rodeo Clown, Young Loud and Scotty, and Brunswick Basement Show). Highlight tracks are Northbound Breakdown, Try And Stay Awake, and Records At Nite (which has some single notage such as Knives Tats did). This kind of has a feel of a band that reunited for the hell of it, and made a product to go along. But this is not their best effort, and sounds like they didn't try to make it their best effort. Its still pretty good, and better than almost any punk album that has come out since the year 2000. Why they let the Fall Out Boy guy release this is beyond me (and loses some respect). But what can I say? Despite my complaints, I have listened to this on repeat. And their 2007 show in San Francisco was way better and more genuine than in 2006."