Get your Warped Tour Tix, Brah!!!

[wesfau2]

The new 311 album is surprisingly listenable.  It's pleasing ear candy.  I accept your ridicule.

[Snaggletiger]

Only heard a couple of cuts.  But "Too late" is spot on.  Something for everyone.  Kind of takes you on a journey but finishes with some hard hitting metal and vocals.  Indicative of a band that's been there, done that.  They know what they are and they've refined it.   

[wesfau2]

I've spent some time with this album (call it a fit of nostalgia if you must).

Standout tracks:
Island Sun
Inside Our Home
Hey Yo
Forever Now
Days of '88

The rest are solid and I'm digging it start to finish...except "Perfect Mistake," which sounds like the song Papa Roach has been trying 20 years to make.  That's not a compliment.

[Token]

Didn't realize 311 was still producing, assumed they were on a never-ending small town city fest tour by now.  Too late is heavy.  Way more than I was expecting.  I'll give the others a listen. 

[Snaggletiger]

Been sampling this after seeing the thread revived. Gotta' say, I'm extremely impressed.  Very accomplished band.  They keep that Reggae feel as the focal point for everything.  But this music is surprisingly complex, and they make it work.  Damn fine listen. 

Good call, Wes.   

[wesfau2]

I'm enjoying this album too much to apologize further so I'm fleshing out my review.  I've spent some time with it and I think people with no history with this band could enjoy this album.  They've gone from stoners who like reggae and melodic metal grooves to a pretty polished band that still covers those bases, but has added a bit a introspection to their repertoire.

Standout tracks:
Forever Now (an updated "American Woman"...riff-wise, anyway)
Island Sun (the drum effect in the 2nd and 3rd choruses is sonic ear-smack, and the get-your-mind-right message is perfect summer fare)
Inside Our Home (This is like the most beautiful bastard child of Madness and Big Country...plus they get bonus points for using "bucolic" in a rock song)
Hey Yo (Catchy 311 choruses get me...fuck you)
Days of '88 (pure nostalgia and it seems like Doug finally found his voice...it sure wasn't goddamned "Perfect Mistake")

The rest are solid and I'm digging it start to finish...except "Perfect Mistake," which sounds like the song Papa Roach has been trying 20 years to make.  That's not a compliment.  Really, "Perfect Mistake" is god-awful.

[Saniflush]

I'm enjoying this album too much to apologize further so I'm fleshing out my review.  I've spent some time with it and I think people with no history with this band could enjoy this album.  They've gone from stoners who like reggae and melodic metal grooves to a pretty polished band that still covers those bases, but has added a bit a introspection to their repertoire.

Standout tracks:
Forever Now (an updated "American Woman"...riff-wise, anyway)
Island Sun (the drum effect in the 2nd and 3rd choruses is sonic ear-smack, and the get-your-mind-right message is perfect summer fare)
Inside Our Home (This is like the most beautiful bastard child of Madness and Big Country...plus they get bonus points for using "bucolic" in a rock song)
Hey Yo (Catchy 311 choruses get me...fuck you)
Days of '88 (pure nostalgia and it seems like Doug finally found his voice...it sure wasn't goddamned "Perfect Mistake")

The rest are solid and I'm digging it start to finish...except "Perfect Mistake," which sounds like the song Papa Roach has been trying 20 years to make.  That's not a compliment.  Really, "Perfect Mistake" is god-awful.

You've talked me into it.  I shall steal purchase it.

[Godfather]

You've talked me into it.  I shall steal purchase it.

I like the new avatar ...sexy

[Saniflush]

I like the new avatar ...sexy

Ain't it though