The Eagle's Nest

Mon Apr 13, 2009— 

Lovedrug: The Sucker Punch Show

Alternative Rock

(Militia, Oct 28, 2008)

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The alternative/​grunge out­fit known as Love­drug re­leased their lat­est al­bum, en­ti­tled The Sucker Punch Show on Oc­to­ber 28, 2008.  The al­bum ranges from distortion-​​driven noise-​​rock to dark, melan­choly pi­ano drones. These songs are com­ple­mented by lyri­cal top­ics that range from anger at self­ish suck-​​ups to a dark fairy tale al­most rem­i­nes­cent of the movie The Village.

Lovedrug’s first al­bum was prac­ti­cally filled with “emo-​​esque” pi­ano bal­lads about com­pli­cated love-​​lives and tragedy.  Their pre­vi­ous en­deavor, en­ti­tled Every­thing Starts Where It Ends, broad­ened the spec­trum, with one or two songs al­most be­ing deemed “radio-​​friendly”.  Al­though all of their al­bums have had a few happy songs, the pre­vail­ing theme of The Sucker Punch Show seems to be angst and anger, while ear­lier al­bums were more sad than mad.  Nev­er­the­less, the al­bum is a nice de­par­ture from the norm, with plenty of songs to “rock out” to while speed­ing down the interstate.