Gluecifer’s first album in 22 years! Damn! Has it really been that long? I’m guessing the album title is referring that they’re doing the same thing they’ve always done, but having reformed and just writing new songs for fun, it means they have a renewed energy.
This is a very strong album. They state that “We wanted this record to be raw and direct, and we wanted to up the songwriting a bit from our previous albums. Still, good rock’n’roll should sound like it’s played off the cuff, so that’s what we aimed for.” Mission accomplished.
They did everything they wanted to with this album. All the songs are great. Every single one is catchy. Every single one is different. It seems as those some (actually most) of them could get radio airplay if there was such a thing anymore and DJs had a clue. It’s like they just happened to write some commercially acceptable catchy songs, but weren’t really trying for it. Which is the way to go, in my opinion. Now don’t get me wrong: this isn’t a “sell out” or a complete change of direction for the band. Once you hear it, you’re going to know it’s Gluecifer. They just did what they said they were going to do: “up the songwriting a bit from our previous albums”. Each song still has Gluecifer’s trademark off-center riffing, loud guitars, and high energy. But the songs are just better! I also really love the production and the mix, with a guitar in one speaker then everything just blasting together in both speakers after a few riffs (and most importantly, that the guitar is not lower in volume when they do this.) Of course that isn’t really the most original production technique, but dang, they just do it so well! And it comes across very naturally.
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