The Offspring
The Offspring, Rise, Fall, Rage, And Grace
Its been a long hefty five years since The Offspring have stamped any real cause on Music. The Punk instigators 8th album wows and ultimately fails. From the outset, you feel that this has been mastered before. The Offspring’s new route baffles the annalists, its impact has no real bite. Its broken, miscalculated and rarely strays back to the old obscurities that we all know from the band that dished out Americana. Rise, And Fall, Rage and Grace a name reminiscent to The Foo Fighters Echoes, Silence, Patience, And Grace. Sounds awkward, and abused. The commence of the Album offers no real sense of anticipation, Half truism is overly worked, overly-annulated. It sounds nothing like previous tracks that have came from a band that once holded their own under the shining lights of Punk/Rock. Not to say that the Offspring grip on the shoulders of Punk/Rock is loose, its just released a tad.
Dexter Holland lyrics in past records received the utmost acclaim, but RFRG has no real writing input whatsoever. The lyrics are stale, uninspiring and ultimately farfetched. You expect a album full of gems if a band takes a long break from the clutches of music, the offspring seem to have left it to the last minute. RFRG doesn’t tingle any cravings for more, it leaves a bitter after taste. ’Your Going To Go Far Kid’ is a decent blast of punk, it tries to fight off the thin, uncompromising state of its predecessors. Its catchy, guitar riffed freshness bolsters the reputation of the album. But it still sounds generic, mainstream and worked around. Kristy, are you doing ok? Is a solemn, sombre analysis of a losing battle of love, life and all its components. Not often do you see a stern punk/rock band branching outwards into melodies. Hammerhead sounds like a beefy classic that would fit on any of Offspring’s previous catalogue’s, its in face jibes and cranky feel, invests a lot of goodness into an album that lacks it.
The Offspring’s comeback is far from a sigh of relief. RFRG has its bonuses, but also its lamented it flaws that could have been easily constructed back to full health. The band’s 8th died before it even could accumulate a pulse, thank god for Americana.
By Mark McConville
Its been a long hefty five years since The Offspring have stamped any real cause on Music. The Punk instigators 8th album wows and ultimately fails. From the outset, you feel that this has been mastered before. The Offspring’s new route baffles the annalists, its impact has no real bite. Its broken, miscalculated and rarely strays back to the old obscurities that we all know from the band that dished out Americana. Rise, And Fall, Rage and Grace a name reminiscent to The Foo Fighters Echoes, Silence, Patience, And Grace. Sounds awkward, and abused. The commence of the Album offers no real sense of anticipation, Half truism is overly worked, overly-annulated. It sounds nothing like previous tracks that have came from a band that once holded their own under the shining lights of Punk/Rock. Not to say that the Offspring grip on the shoulders of Punk/Rock is loose, its just released a tad.
Dexter Holland lyrics in past records received the utmost acclaim, but RFRG has no real writing input whatsoever. The lyrics are stale, uninspiring and ultimately farfetched. You expect a album full of gems if a band takes a long break from the clutches of music, the offspring seem to have left it to the last minute. RFRG doesn’t tingle any cravings for more, it leaves a bitter after taste. ’Your Going To Go Far Kid’ is a decent blast of punk, it tries to fight off the thin, uncompromising state of its predecessors. Its catchy, guitar riffed freshness bolsters the reputation of the album. But it still sounds generic, mainstream and worked around. Kristy, are you doing ok? Is a solemn, sombre analysis of a losing battle of love, life and all its components. Not often do you see a stern punk/rock band branching outwards into melodies. Hammerhead sounds like a beefy classic that would fit on any of Offspring’s previous catalogue’s, its in face jibes and cranky feel, invests a lot of goodness into an album that lacks it.
The Offspring’s comeback is far from a sigh of relief. RFRG has its bonuses, but also its lamented it flaws that could have been easily constructed back to full health. The band’s 8th died before it even could accumulate a pulse, thank god for Americana.
By Mark McConville
the offspring rock i listend to them all day today great review :)
Lovely_Gore, September 24th, 2008 at 07:13:27pm
I think the Offspring is pretty beasty and not to mention, they're practically legends in the punk scene.
toybox trash, August 26th, 2008 at 06:31:32am
I must disagree, with your whole "not as good as it could be" theory.
I soppose it isn't as punk as Americana or Smash, but many of the tracks are still increadibly well done and well written.
but eh, I guess its just a matter of taste
Blarg!, August 24th, 2008 at 05:27:32pm