Six years is a lot of time to wait for a new album. Six years is even longer if it just happens to be your favorite band in the world. It’s hard not to have expectations, good or bad, when you’re waiting that long for an album. Will it be a legendary opus or will it a soul crushing defeat? CIVIL WAR the long awaited album from Minneapolis punkers, Dillinger Four falls more towards the opus then the defeat. Possessing a much cleaner, refreshed sound then their previous work, D4 still manages to punish your ears with a kinetic rock that only they can do. The highlight for me is “Gainesville” which exemplifies a typical D4 track but shows what a little more production value can do for it. The album is a bit light on vocals from bassist Paddy Costello but “Fruity Pebbles” is a classic Paddy with his gruff voice pacing a bass heavy track. Is this an instant classic for me, no, but it’s damn good listening and while Obama’s victory has erased some of the angst in me, D4 reminds me there’s plenty to be pissed off about.
A Jingle for the Product
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