Treasure of the week: The Pink Spiders – Sweat It Out
Throughout this week I’ve been plugging my ears into lots of artists, because what’s a holiday without good tunes for your playing-out days? I downloaded albums randomly, some are good, some are just plain indifferent. But one album that really struck my senses is The Pink Spiders’ Sweat It Out, and I mean they’re really really sugary good! Although I’ve never heard of them earlier (such regret) but this 2008 album is the best one I ever listened since… well, I regret not hearing Brand New’s The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me earlier too. The internet says Sweat It Out is not the band’s biggest album, but oh what a sweet blend of pop punk-garage-rock n’ roll this band has caught me! One thing I noticed first is that this band has dominant bass lines throughout the album, and that’s a good thing. Good bands (or at least the ones I like) should have the bassist making up a good foundation for their songs. “Busy Signals” makes a good opening track with garage feel, while “Seventeen Candles” reminds me of Panic at the Disco with catchy pop-punk riffs and piano playing — which is very good. I’d be too lazy to describe one-by-one, but I highly recommend this album. Fits up my holiday mood perfectly. If you’re interested do a Google Blog Search.
genre: glam punk/powerpop
sounds like: older Panic at the Disco, Wakefield, Hot Hot Heat
loved tracks: Seventeen Candles, Truth or Dare
8.9/10
edit: I’ve finally listened to Teenage Graffiti and it’s basically less pop/more punk, still great stuff!
and also if you’d like to know out of how many albums I picked this one as my favorite, these are the albums I’ve listened for the week:
- Lovedrug – The Sucker Punch Show (good!) 8.2/10
- 🙁 (that’s the band name, or colon open bracket) – Kawaii (cool nintendocore) 7.3/10
- Manchester Orchestra – Mean Everything to Nothing 6/10
- Parachute – Losing Sleep 5.3/10
- mewithoutYou – It’s All Crazy! It’s All False! It’s All a Dream! It’s Alright (well-crafted one) 7.7/10
- God Is an Astronaut – All Is Violent, All Is Bright 6.3/10
- You, Me, and Everyone We Know – Party for the Grown and Sexy (very good pop-rock) 8.5/10
- VersaEmerge – VersaEmerge EP (Paramore-like) 6.2/10
- 1997 – On the Run 6.5/10
- Green Day – 21st Century Breakdown (really well made) 7.8/10
