{"id":31933,"date":"2012-12-07T10:45:35","date_gmt":"2012-12-07T10:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-last-call-dog-years\/"},"modified":"2018-03-11T01:30:07","modified_gmt":"2018-03-11T01:30:07","slug":"album-review-last-call-dog-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-last-call-dog-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Last Call – Dog Years"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"image\"There’s an air of growing love softly swirling around Internet music communities surrounding Las Vegas-based pop-punk outfit Last Call<\/strong>. Having released their ‘Stay On The Outside’<\/em> EP more than a year ago, the quartet re-emerge on the scene with their\u00a0d\u00e9but\u00a0album ‘Dog Years.’<\/em> Big\u00a0phrases like \u201cpop-punk album of the year\u201d<\/em> are giving the idea some momentum, but let us be the first to suggest cautious approval.<\/p>\n

‘Dog Years’<\/em> is packed with pacy, Starting Line-esque instrumentation with a hint of The Dangerous Summer with regard to the main vocalist (though he often shares duties with a colleague here) and the band rarely venture too far away from the blueprint. In itself, the somewhat safe characteristic of their music isn’t necessarily a bad thing since it allows them to produce some solid, if unoffensive, tracks such as ‘Generation Gap’<\/em> and ‘Bones.’<\/em> On the other hand, as soon as the band inject some real pace and a hint of grit, as is the case on ‘Braid,’<\/em> there’s a legitimate air of welcome urgency about them.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

However, it should be noted that some people (this writer included) might find the lyrics’ earnestness a little too forthright. Some might even argue that “And when I die there’ll be no trumpets\/no resounding noise\/I’ll say goodbye if I have time\/if not you know I loved you all my life"\u00a0<\/em>is a little on the overly dramatic side (‘No Bridge Back’<\/em>). That being said, their commitment to this particular lyrical aesthetic comes off at times when the themes addressed happen to be a little less melodramatic themselves. This writer would suggest ‘Breathing Fire’ <\/em>and its emphatic deconstruction of the reasoning behind writing emotional songs as a successful example.<\/span><\/p>\n

Without reinventing the wheel, Last Call<\/strong> do a lot of things right, and experienced pop-punk audiences will surely find in them the potential for great things. As things stand, ‘Dog Years’ <\/em>showcases the band’s ability to craft energetic and emotionally-direct pop-punk with brash confidence. Fans of the genre will devour this album but for anyone outside aficionado status, a little fine-tuning and maturing might be just what these guys need to truly become engaging, as well as heartfelt.<\/span><\/p>\n

3\/5<\/span><\/p>\n

‘Dog Years’ <\/em>by Last Call<\/strong> is out now\u00a0on Broken Arrow Collective<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Last Call<\/span><\/strong> links: Website<\/a>|Facebook<\/a>|Twitter<\/a>|Tumblr<\/a><\/p>\n

Words by James Berclaz-Lewis (@swissbearclaw<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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