Sugarcult

来自美国加利福尼亚州的朋克乐队Sugarcult的第二张专辑《Palm Trees and Power Lines》（很有趣而且诗意的名字）发行首周就卖出了2万2千张Billboard top 46，同时这张专辑的排名也创下了Sugarcult乐队的最高纪录。虽然不喜欢Punk，仍然能被他们的音乐感染到，比较喜欢She's the Blade，Crying，Destination，Champagne， Counting Stars，另外他们的音乐也不能算纯粹的Punk，特别是有Counting Stars

Palm Trees and Power Lines

She's the Blade

Crying

Memory

Worst December

Back to California

Destination Anywhere

Champagne

What You Say

Over

Head Up

Counting Stars

Sign Off

Ignazo

Roy Kim

Beast

Hear Me Out

Derazo

Vangelis

convolk

Money in My Head

by Corey Apar

For numerous pop-punk bands, there seems to be somewhat of a standard progression of albums. There are exceptions, of course, but for many, album number one is the hook-blasted, immediate satisfaction one. Album number two takes stabs at maturity with an oft-darker vibe. And then album number three rolls around and it's a crapshoot. By now (and often depending on the current label situation) the band has either gone off the deep end, been totally mainstream spit-shined, or managed to successfully combine elements of both earlier albums into a more focused record. Sugarcult have basically followed that progression and, thankfully, were able to end up in the last part of that sentence with their third offering and V2 debut, Lights Out. The quartet has now almost fully embraced the power pop/rock aspect of its sound, which has always been more American Hi-Fi than Green Day anyway. The songs are more gravel-coated than sugar-smacked, though, and vocalist Tim Pagnotta's voice is more weathered-sounding this time around to augment to the record's overall seasoned, somewhat disillusioned feel. Because regardless of the record's unfailing singalongability (check out the stirring power choruses of "Hiatus" and "Do It Alone"), there's just something about Lights Out that emanates band cynicism -- not that this is a bad thing, since the music remains fun and catchy nonetheless. Both love and the music scene have left the guys confused and fed up, yet defiant, and tracks like the murky desire of "Los Angeles," the meditative sway of "Shaking," and the bitterly attitude-laced "Dead Living" ("Beauty lies in the ignorant/With the sound of selling out to the innocent") wade through these feelings well. Nothing on the album is quite as immediate as most of Sugarcult's past work, but that hardly matters; Lights Out has successfully balanced rock, grit, power, and pop, to leave the band sounding stronger than ever before.


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