Monday, January 25, 2010

American Steel: Jagged Thoughts

(Lookout!, 2001)

"I'm your cold-sweat epiphanies, you're my red wine soliloquies"

Discovery: See previous entry.

Result: I love this album. I guess that's true of every album American Steel has released, but I find the songwriting on Jagged Thoughts to be superior to their previous record, but still keeping that raw punk rock edge and staying true to their sound of hooky guitars layered with melodic vocals that I have come to love. This album got some flack upon its release for not being an appropriate follow-up to Rogue's March, but that's what I like about this band. Each album is almost a different sound than the previous, while still being undeniably American Steel.

Stand-out Tracks: "Shrapnel", "Rainy Day", "Turn It Out"

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