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New Wave
by: Against Me!
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0093624999430
Label: Sire / London/Rhino
Manufacturer: Sire / London/Rhino
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Sire / London/Rhino
Release Date: July 10, 2007
Sales Rank: 11414
Studio: Sire / London/Rhino
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New Wave
by: Against Me!
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Editorial Review:
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Against Me! made the mistake of releasing one of the more beloved independent label debuts of the decade with 2002's Reinventing Axl Rose, and have been playing a game of catch-up ever since. Tom Gabel's Billy-Bragg-meets-the-Clash songcraft melded punk and folk, the political and the personal, and rocked pretty damn hard as well. Their output since then, while not at all disappointing, has necessarily lacked that shock of discovery. But with New Wave, one gets the sense that the band is hoping to finally move on. Released on a major label with big-time producer Butch Vig onboard, it's a rock record, full of straight-up stomp and swagger. Tracks like "Thrash Unreal" and "Americans Abroad" tear it up with a party-band brashness reminiscent of something like Rocket From the Crypt, or even Jimmy Eat World. But of course, Gabel has more on his mind than just a good time, and beneath the headbanging is a core of frustration and burning discontent with the world, with fame, with being chronically misunderstood. Lines like "you have to fight to stay in control of the situation" (from "Borne on the FM Waves of the Heart") and "are you restless like me?" (from "Up the Cuts") keep barking out from under the guitars, culminating in the soul-searching final track, "The Ocean." You'll have a good time with New Wave, but a sense of unease will be there in the morning, picking at your brain like a memory you can't quite place. --Matthew Cooke
Album Description:
Making their debut studio album, New Wave produces Against Me!, raising the agressive folk-punk, anarchist protest music up from the underground.
THIS "COMPACT DISC" IS PROBABLY ONE OF THEE !BEST! CDS IVE EVER BOUGHT! "STOP", "NEW WAVE", AND "THRASH UNREAL" ARE THE BEST SONGS ON THE ALBUM!!!!!1 THE CD IS GREAT IN THE FIRST HALF THEN, IT GETS A little BIT DIFFERENT BUT IT IS AN AMAZING AALBUMM I FIRST HEARD "THRASH UNREAL" ON THE RADIO AND IT IS PROBABLY MY FAVORITE BY THEM! "AGAINST ME! AGAINST ME! AGAINST ME! AGAINST ME!...."
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THIS "COMPACT DISC" IS PROBABLY ONE OF THEE !BEST! CDS IVE EVER BOUGHT! "STOP", "NEW WAVE", AND "THRASH UNREAL" ARE THE BEST SONGS ON THE ALBUM!!!!!1 THE CD IS GREAT IN THE FIRST HALF THEN, IT GETS A little BIT DIFFERENT BUT IT IS AN AMAZING AALBUMM I FIRST HEARD "THRASH UNREAL" ON THE RADIO AND IT IS PROBABLY MY FAVORITE BY THEM! "AGAINST ME! AGAINST ME! AGAINST ME! AGAINST ME!...."
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I first off what say this is a very very good cd ,not great ,but damn close . It is torn between rock ,punk and pop...I have three of their cd's ...bought this one first ,(it is the place for the non-fan or first time fan as I was to start ) The live one ( "americans abroad " ) is my favorite and the first the axel rose thing which punk faithful love and I only found mildly good . These guys are moving toward the clashes lyrics , by that I mean smart and throw in talking head wit. The singers voice and the band are maturing at a nice pace and that is why these guys are a band to watch..I wonder why these guys do not get more air time ? maybe it is because they are not all rock or punk ...I say they are damn good and if you like music that packs a good tune with it's punch this is the cd for you ...then buy the live one ,trust me you will be hooked. plus the fun of good music is finding out and figuring it out yourself , not haveing some long windy write up telling you about each song by some one who wishes they were a critic insteafd of some shmuck working 9-5 come on people .think ,listen, think.
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This is one of those CDs that gets better every time you listen to it - you can listen to the whole thing straight through because each song is solid. "Thrash Unreal" sounds almost like pop at the first listen, but like the other songs the underlying meaning of the song is a bit more cynical.
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I love this CD...I bought it for my husband but I love it too..it's full of fast moving in your face music..I recently saw this band live. I had never heard of them before but I enjoyed the music.
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I'll keep this one short. This is a life-changing album. Passionate, melodic, intoxicating like Rancid, Dropkick Murphys, Face to Face, Gogol Bordello and Flogging Molly at their best. White People for Peace has got to be my favorite song in the past five years and "Stop" deserves to be a number one hit - perhaps it will be this summer's "Crazy." The messages this album delivers have never been more relevant - and the songs grab onto you and never let go. To all the haters - you need to get a life. What if someone told you to never leave your entry level job? Against Me! gets better with every album - I look forward to every note they ever unleash.
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