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- Artist(s): Brendan Kelly, Neil Hennessey, Chris McCaughan
- Summary: The first release in eight years for the Chicago-based punk trio was co-produced with Matt Allison.
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- Record Label: Epitaph
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Punk Revival, Punk-Pop
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Positive: 5 out of 7
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Mixed: 2 out of 7
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Negative: 0 out of 7
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Jan 28, 2014Metropole is very close to being a masterpiece, falling just short of their own standard set by The Greatest Story Ever Told.
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Jan 28, 2014Though the punk scene has changed dramatically since the band’s last album, The Lawrence Arms have re-established its place in it simply by staying the course and remaining self-assured.
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Jan 28, 2014This is a great album, one that carries the burden of growing up on its shoulders, but uses it for good instead of endlessly fighting against it, which punk bands need to do as they grow up.
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Jan 28, 2014The fact that they waited eight years to make this impressive album demonstrates the patience and maturity of a band whose members wanted to wait until they had something worthy to say.
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Jan 28, 2014Songwriters 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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Kerrang!Jan 30, 2014The end result is excellent in places, but easier to admire than endure. [21 Dec 2013, p.69]
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Feb 7, 2014The 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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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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Mar 1, 2014
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