Thursday Three-Pack: – All / The Explosion / Buddy and Julie Miller
This is my first “Thursday Three-Pack,” and I’m not going to lie, the prep work for this shit was a lot harder than expected. Lazy? Yeah, probably. So I decided to have some sort of direction on my selections; one “really old”, one “kinda old”, and one “new” album. To keep it fresh, we’ll start it in that order.
(Really old, 1998) ALL – Mass Nerder
A little less than 2 years ago I found out that Chad Price was one of the two singers in Drag The River. No big deal, right? I guess, but considering Price fronting one of my favorite punk bands in the 90s you would think I would have my shit in a pile and know these things. Oh well, this only made me dig Drag the River that much more, and to whip out my old ALL albums and give them another spin. Of those albums, Mass Nerder is one of the best Pop Punk albums of the 90s. Price truly mastered the under 3-minute punk song. “Until I Say So” and “Silence” are my two favorite tracks on the album he wrote. So take a listen, you’ll be stoked to hear Price punk it up a bit.
“Until I Say So”
“Silence”
(Kinda Old, 2004) The Explosion – Black Tape
As you guys have probably noticed we have been talking a lot about Punk lately. I don’t know what it is but I just can’t get enough of the fast stuff lately. I think it has something to do with being fucking broke? So, The Explosion..these guys were on the awesome label, Jade Tree Records in the early 2000′s but by middle of the decade they were signed on to Virgin Records. I think a lot of people thought they “sold out.” I dont think so, they still made awesome punk music and toured with the best bands around; Alkaline Trio, Avail, Leatherface, Social Distortion, Joe Strummer, etc. If you’re in that company you gotta be making some damn good music. Take a listen..
“We All Fall Down”
“No Revolution”
(New, 2009) Buddy and Julie Miller – Written In Chalk
No need to go into too much detail about the married couple’s album. Hell, probably won too many awards. Most notable was Americana Music Association awarding it Album of the Year, and the song “Chalk” winning Song of The Year. The reason I decided to put it on the 3 pack because I can’t stop listening to this fucker. Its just a great album that touches every style of country music, and if I had one word to describe it would be “smart.” I don’t know what that means but it sounded clever. Oh yeah, “Chalk” may have won “Song of the Year” but I would have given it to the first track on the album, “Ellis County.” It never fails, bone chilling every time.
“Chalk”
“Ellis County”
So there it is. 3 random albums for a random Thursday. Now go get ‘em.
Keith
