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The New Christs last resurrection

Sacco | here there and everywhere | 06/18/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"As it stands now "We Got This!" will be the last ever release of new New Christs material, and possibly the last ever period. Its a worthy exit point for a band with an excellent career behind that started over twenty years before the release of "We Got This" with the single "Face A New God". Thats over twenty years of melding together punk aesthetics and urgency with hard rock riffs and brutality, and always maintaining brilliant song writing. That considered its near impossible not to respect Rob Younger and the various line ups he's assembled for the New Christs, which may skew my opinion of this album somewhat.



"We Got This" is the most polished New Christs album in terms of production, the guitars are slick, there's plenty of overdubbing and Rob Younger's vocals very clear and up front in the mix. Quite a change if you were expecting something like their first album Distemper. Its also lacking in the raging anger in comparison to previous New Christs albums. Not that Younger's gone soft, he still possesses huge reserves of venom, only now he's more cynical than outraged. Some might be shocked at the moments of pop that appear on this album most notably the chorus and refrain to 'Sunny Day Sun' but its handled well and is hardly an attempt at commercial appeal. More over it works for the band and its ties in well with Rob Younger's excellent song writing craft.



This might be the last New Christs release you need to get, but thats only because all the previous albums are so good and what better place to finish your New Christs experience than where they decided to call it quits.

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