{"id":85186,"date":"2019-07-18T17:00:04","date_gmt":"2019-07-18T16:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=85186"},"modified":"2023-04-07T14:26:08","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T13:26:08","slug":"review-sum-41-order-in-decline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-sum-41-order-in-decline\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Sum 41 \u2013 Order In Decline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-86845 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Sum-41-order-in-decline-compressor-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Sum-41-order-in-decline-compressor-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Sum-41-order-in-decline-compressor-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Sum-41-order-in-decline-compressor-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Sum-41-order-in-decline-compressor-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Sum-41-order-in-decline-compressor-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Sum-41-order-in-decline-compressor.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><strong>Sum 41<\/strong> returned revitalised in 2016 with \u2018<em>13 Voices<\/em>\u2019.\u00a0 Frontman Deryck Whibley\u2019s life-changing battle with alcoholism and the reinstatement of original lead guitarist Dave Baksh, gave the band fresh life. It was bolder and infused with new energy. New album <em>\u2018Order In Decline\u2019<\/em> keeps that momentum and it might just be the most exciting music they\u2019ve made in more than a decade.<\/p>\n<p>While much of their discography feels inspired by whatever Green Day released last, this time they\u2019ve stripped back. Their pop-punk with a metal aesthetic is harder, heavier and far more distinct. Gone is the ill-advised experimentation. Instead, it\u2019s an album crammed with fast and fun songs built around big guitar riffs, like \u2018<em>Out For Blood<\/em>\u2019. While there&#8217;s space for Baksh to rip out a solo, it doesn&#8217;t have chance to sag. \u00a0Similarly, <em>\u2018Eat<\/em> <em>You Alive<\/em>\u2019 is driven by a focused, powerful riff. Everywhere, the band sound like they\u2019re having a blast, from the upbeat bounce of \u2018<em>Heads Will Roll&#8217;<\/em> to the surprisingly heavy outro to \u2018<em>Turning Away<\/em>\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Sum 41 - Out For Blood (Official Music Video)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3A27bHME73I?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>While \u2018<em>The People Vs\u2026<\/em>\u2019 might not have the world\u2019s best lyric, its high-energy refrain of<em> &#8220;He\u2019s a bad man&#8221;<\/em> makes for one of the record\u2019s most exciting choruses. Whibley isn\u2019t a great singer, but he holds your attention, almost frothing at the mouth as he spits out words. It\u2019s perfectly functional, aided by some great yells on and a little political bite on \u2018<em>The New Sensation<\/em>\u2019, but sometimes he struggles to be memorable, which is a shame.<\/p>\n<p>Produced by mixed by Whibley, the music packs a punch, yet the vocals don\u2019t always match, often coming off as muted. Nevertheless, the album\u2019s only misstep is when it changes pace for slow song \u2018Never There\u2019. It&#8217;s heartfelt and inspired by Whibley&#8217;s absent father. However the production makes it distant. It also features an unfortunate, clumsy rhyming scheme.<\/p>\n<p>Retaining a streamlined metal-edged pop-punk sound \u2018<em>Order In Decline<\/em>\u2019 sees <strong>Sum 41<\/strong> sticking to what they do best. It might have serious undertones, but it\u2019s a fun and frantic ride.<\/p>\n<p>3.5\/5<\/p>\n<p>\u2018<em>Order In Decline<\/em>\u2019 by <strong>Sum 41<\/strong> is released on 19th July on <strong>Hopeless Records<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sum 41<\/strong> links: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sum41.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Sum41\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sum41\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>| <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sum41\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words by Ian Kenworthy (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhisperingSand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@WhisperingSand<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;\u2018Order In Decline\u2019 might just be the most exciting music Sum 41 have made in more than a decade&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":86845,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[5879,246,15621,17301,1499],"class_list":["post-85186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-album-reviews","tag-album-reviews","tag-hopeless-records","tag-ian-kenworthy","tag-order-in-decline","tag-sum-41"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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