{"id":69059,"date":"2018-09-04T15:00:35","date_gmt":"2018-09-04T14:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=69059"},"modified":"2018-09-02T20:21:27","modified_gmt":"2018-09-02T19:21:27","slug":"review-aspiga-dragged-through-the-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-aspiga-dragged-through-the-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Aspiga – Dragged Through The Years"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>It takes a lot to impress from the world of quintessentially-American alt-punk, but the fact that Aspiga<\/b>\u2019s last couple of singles have done just that has been more than enough of a reason to keep tabs on them. They\u2019re undoubtedly cut from the same cloth as The Menzingers, The Gaslight Anthem and the like, and though they\u2019ve not been deviating too much from that framework, what they\u2019ve had to offer recently has been some genuinely great stuff in terms of melody and emotional songwriting.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s not even mentioning that \u2019Dragged Through The Years\u2019<\/i> is actually a collection of rarities and unreleased material, a fact that makes the overall quality of these tracks shine even brighter. And this really is a great album across the board, hinged on the sort of rugged, unpolished Americana that gives a track like \u2019Eucalyptus Nights\u2019<\/i> its scope and wistfulness, or \u2019Good Thoughts\u2019<\/i>, its big-hearted earnestness.<\/p>\n