TAKING BACK SUNDAY
"Tell
All Your Friends" (Victory Records; 2002)
Reviewed by Snidermann
Taking Back Sunday is good solid, punk rock music with a twisted pop presence. It has all the aspects of what makes punk great - it's simple, fast and it fills you with energy when you listen to it. What more do you need?
The band writes and performs tight concise music with a shit load of soul. In my book, that makes Sunday one hell of a punk band. I didn't care for all of the tracks - some of them journeyed too far into pop/alternative territory - but of the tracks I liked, I really dug. "Any punk is good punk," someone once said. Oh yeah, it was me.
Taking Back Sunday is Ed Reyes, Mark O’Donnel, Shawn Cooper, John Nolan and Adam Lazzara.
For more information, check out http://www.victoryrecords.com.
Rating Guide:
A classic. This record will kick your ass.
Killer. Not a classic but it will rock your world.
So-so. You've heard better.
Pretty bad. Might make a nice coaster.
Self explanatory. Just the sight of the cover makes you wanna hurl.
Copyright © 2002 by R. Scott Bolton. All rights
reserved.
Revised: 03 Oct 2008 01:52:09 -0500.
