Advantages: Dark, melodic, infectious punk with great lyrics Disadvantages: Some tracks seem like filler
This is Alkaline Trio's 4th proper studio album, released in 2003 on Vagrant records. The trio have always been a slightly dark band, but with the release of Good Mourning, the band have changed their image completely. Fortunately their music hasn't changed too much. Good Mourning features newly recruited drummer Derek Grant
The album starts off with This Could Be Love. Very dark and clever lyrics, from singer and guitarist Matt Skiba. Not one of my personal favourites though. I like it, but it doesn't grab me. 8/10
We've Had Enough was the first hit single from the album. This is good Alkaline Trio. Dark verse but it then goes into the chorus in a major key. Very lively too. The album redeems itself after the fairly disappointing This Could Be Love. 10/10
The good thing about Alkaline Trio is their guitarist Matt Skiba ...
Advantages: Some Really Catchy Tracks Disadvantages: Can Be Saming Wont Appeal To A Large Audience
Alkanline Trio released this album in 2005 much to the joy off the vast majority of there fans. If you enjoy punk/rock/emo etc this album is defintely worth a look.
I would also recommend it to other people who enjoy music. If you enjoy a vast erray of genres i would recommend this album. It is just "hard" enough to distinguish it from pop but is not heavy enough to burst your eardrums - thankfully.
Alkaliine Trio have released another album this year called Remains which i personally didnt enjoy as much as this one. May just be me as i have lots of happy memories with this album, but if you have heard that album and enjoyed it definetly get this album.
You can pick this album up really cheaply now its 2 years old. On itunes it is £7.99 however i suspect you can probably pick it up on somewhere such as ebay or amazon for alot ...
Advantages: non I can think of Disadvantages: arkward to fit.
Having to move the Trio regularly from one car to another I find that the threading the seat belt through the seat around the back and back out and down to the seat belt catch, while the recoiling mechanism of the seat belt is working against you, makes the whole process very tedious and prone to twisiting of the seat belt it self.
The catch on the harness is extremely poorly designed, having to match to sides of the harness clip together before fitting in to the catch. The problem is that there is no positive locating point to hold the two halves of the clips together and with a wriggling toddler the two halves slip apart before they can be engaged in the catch. It's a real nightmare when the baby is crying and getting upset. The comfort pads which I suppect should be in front of the baby tend to position themselves more on top ...