- Record Label: Infinity Cat Recordings
- Release Date: Mar 24, 2015
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Mar 11, 2015Wasted on the Dream is tight and snarling, an amalgamation of punk brevity, metal riffs, and garage attitude, tailor-made for blaring from parked cars idling while their passengers figure out how to maximize the night’s fast, cheap, and out of control quotients.
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Mar 23, 2015"Karaoke, TN" and "Coat Check Girl" are good neo-power pop, but what gives Wasted on the Dream its kick are those earlier moments, when the band wants to be a different band than it is.
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Mar 12, 2015While it's unlikely they'll ever again have the kind of recording budget a major label can afford, they certainly made the best use of what they had. That they made an excellent record in the process is a feather in their cap and a giant middle finger to the label that paid for it.
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MagnetMar 12, 2015There's still plenty to get excited about here.... But the stinkers here--like would-be Bowling For Soup b-side "Karaoke, TN" and "Coat Check Girl"--nearly soil the whole thing. [No. 118, p.57]
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Mar 17, 2015Unfortunately, Wasted on the Dream gets too mired in the darkness in between its party anthems.
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Mar 11, 2015It's all crunchy and cloying and probably better if you're high, but that just makes Wasted on the Dream something like a store-brand version of your favorite cereal; it's close, but not there, usually a matter of texture and feel.
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Apr 16, 2015The problem is that everything they’re putting out sounds like some project a highschooler might come up with in order to impress his too-cool guitar teacher.