Metropole
by The Lawrence Arms
  • Record Label: Epitaph
  • Release Date: Jan 28, 2014
User Score
7.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 6 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
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  1. zombieholocaust
    Mar 1, 2014
    9
    "Take me down to the river take me to where all the poisons go/ And we’ll ride that **** home" is the line that defines this album. Metropole is all about feeling old and lonely, ironically, TLA riffs and lyrics have their old sound but are anything but old. TLA is one of the few "old-school" punk bands that is yet to lay an egg. They have evolved from their "Oh Calcutta!" sound to little"Take me down to the river take me to where all the poisons go/ And we’ll ride that **** home" is the line that defines this album. Metropole is all about feeling old and lonely, ironically, TLA riffs and lyrics have their old sound but are anything but old. TLA is one of the few "old-school" punk bands that is yet to lay an egg. They have evolved from their "Oh Calcutta!" sound to little bit more polished sound, kinda like an hybrid between their past two albums. If you like punk music, or just goo music, Seventeener, Acheron River, YMCA and October Blood will make the album worth it.… Expand

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Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. PopMatters
    Feb 7, 2014
    60
    The overall structure of the album as a sound bouncing through the city is excellent, though song-to-song, the album can feel uniform in a more expected way. But that said, this is still a tight 35 minutes of pure punk rock from a band making a welcome return and refusing to go back to where they were.
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  2. Kerrang!
    Jan 30, 2014
    60
    The end result is excellent in places, but easier to admire than endure. [21 Dec 2013, p.69]
  3. Exclaim
    Jan 28, 2014
    80
    Songwriters Brendan Kelly and Chris McCaughan are in peak form and are far too self-aware to fall into that old trap; they know better than to chase capricious youth.
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