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| Strangeglue |
 Bands strive their entire careers to find a unique sound, one which defines them and only them. Alkaline found such a sound early on with their dark pop-punk compositions packed with bitingly melancholic lyrics and the singular vocal pairing of Skiba and Andriano.One man's trench is another man's rut though, and for all its quirks, you cannot but think that This Addiction is From Here To Infirmary, played at half the speed, bereft of the stand-out songs and with the pitch-black lyrics cleaned up for a cheerier after-taste. There's no escaping the fact of how ridiculously slow this album feels. Granted the drummer likely was getting too old for the full-speed punk beats, but there was no need to slow to almost Filter and Maroon 5 speeds. Although there is a shift to balladry on album closer "Fine" it's almost as well executed as you hoped it would be, even if the lyrics studiously transpose the book 'how to write a song about forced happiness through regret': "And it's a love that gives me heart-burn / It's a song that makes my stomach turn / And I wouldn't trade my hand / For all the aces in the deck / 'Cause I'm fine / I'm fine". It's interesting to note that a kind of schism has developed within the Alkaline Trio fanbase. AK3 compose their songs generally dividing the writing and vocal duties between co-frontmen Matt Skiba and Dan Andriano. The general consensus seems to be that Andriano's work is infinitely superior. On this album though, he only gets a paltry three songs to work with: "Dine, Dine My Darling", "Off the Map" and "Fine". Perhaps next time around a 50/50 split might be called for, there's surely a concept album ready to be built around that ethos. It's tough to argue with the Andriano-groupies, mostly because he didn't write "Draculina". Starting like a Robbie Robb track and seemingly a misguided attempt to get on the next Twilight soundtrack. Schmaltzy to the extreme and with a chorus so predictable you may well walk into Ladbrokes and place a bet that you can sing it having only heard the first verse. "Draculina, whoa oh oh, whoa oh oh, whoa oh oh, oh oh oh, whoa oh, whoa oh, Draculina, whoa oh oh, oh oh, whoa oh oh oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ,oh"... we could go on......full text |
| Prefixmag |
| After a brief stint with Epic Records for the release of 2008's Agony & Irony, pop-punk stalwarts Alkaline Trio return with their seventh studio album, The Addiction. Written and recorded in their native Chicago, The Addiction is a throwback to the bands earlier material, influenced by fellow Chicagoans Screeching Weasel and Pegboy. The record also marks the first release on Alkaline Trio's own Epitaph imprint, Heart & Skull....full text |
| Punkmusic.about |
| With the classic albums Goddamnit and Maybe I’ll Catch Fire, Alkaline Trio created a trademark sound with smart songwriting and buzz saw guitars, but later that sound disappeared. Their subsequent releases got darker and more melodramatic, and lost the edginess, sarcasm and the simple something that made Alkaline Trio's earlier releases so great. Having signed with Heart Skull/Epitaph Records and rejoined with producer Matt Allison (who was there for the first two releases), Alkaline Trio revisits its punk roots with This Addiction, attempting to recapture the glory days. Were they successful? For the most part. My Early Days With A3 At one time, Alkaline Trio was one of my absolute favorite bands. They had great songwriting - deep, but not really overly dramatic songs that were pure dirty, drunken slacker love poetry - and this incredible buzz saw sound to their guitars. We saw them every time they played through Detroit, and bought them drinks one night after a Plea For Peace show at St. Andrew’s. For a chunk of us living in Detroit at the time, these guys were “our” band....full text |
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