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Published on February 21st 2006
Philadelphians the Loved Ones were blessed for writing and recording the "100K" song last year for their first EP release on Jade Tree. That song really was, and still is, a marvel, and without any doubt helped them getting signed to Fat Wreck Chords. No wonder the song was re-recorded for this album, although I must say it lost some of its roughness in the Brian McTernan treatment it received here. Of course, the fact that this band includes members that formerly had been playing with Kid Dynamite, the Curse and Paint It Black didn't do them any bad for that matter, either. You can say they grew up in the right neighbourhood.
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i got the wrong rating at the last post. very good album. they did so much with so little and yes, i have to agree with Hein, the vocals, gotta love em dirty. haha I totally love this album. I think it's got variety, yet every song still sounds like The Loved Ones. It's catchy but in a nice way. Melodic, but not in a pussy way. And yes I have to agree Dave looks like a pained sheep. But he's fucking brilliant! Really want to see them live. does have highlights but not enaugh, arsenic might be the best punk song this year, but most of the other songs falls flat to me. decent debut, but i'll wait for the followup. I don't know what it is about this album, but it just doesn't seem to offer anything new to me. The album is a good listen, but after a while it just loses you. There's just not any lasting appeal for me. It just wasn't anything special. the second i started listening to this album the loved ones were instantly one of my favorite bands. so fucking good it just blows me away. what music should be. I like it but does anyone else think Dave Hause sounds like he is in pain when he sings? I am so addicted to this CD. i bought it b/c i heard of them from some FAT comp and i loved the song Jane that i heard on Fuse. The latest effort by my home state of PA's band the Loved Ones is nothing short of amazing. I have to admit that lately I have been skeptical of anything that Fat Wreck puts out...but with new releases like this one, and from bands like Dead To Me, Fat Mike and Co. have redeemed themselves in my eyes :). Songs like "Jane" and "Hurry Up and Wait" are some of the more upbeat highlights. This album's sound just rocks and uplifts the listener. Positivity punk at its finest! Good Album...I like But this album is pretty freaking good! I really love the Loved Ones, but I'm not sure I like where they're going. Fuse? All this myspace music stuff? I liked it more when all they had out was the EP and demo, and I was the only one who knew who they were. This is a solid effort but I can't say it is a contender for best release of 2006. Saw the Loved Ones last night @ 924 Gilman- they were pretty damn good. Paint It Black were charged up and really overshadowed them since it was more a fast/punk/edge show (Go It Alone headlined). Still, a stellar double bill, Loved Ones/Paint It Black! I bought this under the impression it was a really good pop-punk record. For someone who defines pop-punk as being something along the lines of the brilliant designs of the Descendents, I was really let down by this record... if this is how people define that genre now-a-days, then that really sucks. Just got this today. Have been enjoying it emmensly so far. "Player Hater Anthem" rips. "Hey! I was at that show. I was the person who was passing out." Just got this, very good. Player Hater Anthem rips the melody from "under the sea" from the little mermaid which is pretty funny. Hey! I was at that show. I was the person who was passing out. I made it to their show and they were pretty good. I feel like a hypocrite for saying those things about Lawrence Arms because they were fucking awesome live. It also heped that NOFX played the Decline. I can't stop listening to this album.. Spider is not gay. Being feminine attracts alotta women. He was almost dating my friend so hes definitely not gay cuz shes a hottie. I originally gave this a 7 back when it leaked, but after more listens it gets better and better. I think this album is great, apparently many people here find it to be mediocre, although I risk crucifixion for saying it, I like this record alot better than fat's other major release for this month, "Oh! Calcutta!". this sounds more pop punk than straight up rock. after every listen it doesnt sound as good as it did the time before. catchy yes, i doubt ill be listening to it in a months time. Philadelphia has too many bands with too few people/ideas going on right now. Just you wait until the Sainte Catherines album comes out. Yeah I should look at what score I'm giving a little more closely. On my first listen through I had it at a 6. Just didn't grab me the way the EP did. Listened to it a few more times and now it's in regular rotation. 8/10. Solidness. Cries in Vain - Bullet For My Valentine I think that "New Zealand is like Canda for Australia" call was hilarious No trigger >>>>>>>>>>>>> the loved ones Just listened to this all the way through. Not album of the year, but 4 star worthy. More like Vaginatown. After the indescribable show they put on with the Lawrence Arms and NOFX up in Ft.Lauderdale, this album HAS to be worth it. I agree with Chinatown. These guys are amazing song writers. People don't often get praised for the ability to write a catchy tune but I'm giving praise to this band for just that reason!!! Chinatown? Latterman is the most overrated band in the history of this website. They're slow and just not catchy. Plus, their overly positive attitude comes off as contrived. (kind of like Latterman, but maybe a bit better). after 3 listens i'm liking this even more, outstanding album, yet another awesome fat signing in the vein of NMB, lawrence arms, against me, rise against, etc. What you just did, museum, take gigantic balls. Who the hell cares if he likes fall out boy? It's even more pathetic that he actually tries to cover it up. i did respond to what you wrote, dumbass. you thought your broad taste in music was something great. i pointed out the fact that it's not true and did so by giving an example. i didn't respond to the last part of your idiotic accusation because no where did i claim that this album is better than it actually is. Or someone with a different opinion than you. Amazing, I know. Look at historypeats's comment history. This douche is obviously an AP.net plant. Eh, what I've heard from these guys is just so terribly average that I can't envision buying this. In my head, I have an image of 13 3-minute mid-tempo pop punk songs that all sound roughly the same (kind of like Latterman, but maybe a bit better). That's fine. You clearly aren't the kind of poster I'm talking about. " I think people are overrating it because the members were in better bands before forming The Loved Ones, instead of judging the CD on its own merits" "history pants, it's not that you have a more broad taste in music than swingline, it's just that he doesn't listen to the same shit bands that you do. Ha, the server ate my first comment because it said I took too long. is this a lucky boy's confusion side project? it must be, cuz i like it! this album is a little disapointing, but it grows on you. hey, historypeats, broad taste in music means good taste in music, right? kinda like top40 radio? right? "Yeah, I have File Under Black. It's exactly why I fear they're an EP band. If you took out all but like 6 songs, it'd be freaking amazing. The rest bog it down, though. eh....the first cut is catchy. Fatty Arbuckle- The Loved Ones - Keep Your Heart to the dude a few posts down who's whoring out some shitty band's Myspace site: don't do that. we don't go to your favorite website and shit all over it. don't do the same to us. history pants, it's not that you have a more broad taste in music than swingline, it's just that he doesn't listen to the same shit bands that you do. I've seen these guys a few times in the past year and have enjoyed their set each time. Sounds worth picking up. Captain Crackhead indeed. So I'm just loading this on my mp3 player using musicmatch and the genre defaults to Gospel... I get to see them friday night with NOFX and Lawrence Arms, I wish they could play before NOFX so I could skip the Lawrence Arms set altogether. This record has all kinds of feeling and substance. Did you read the lyrics? I think it just has similar production. At least the drums. I don't think the song itself is very similar at all, cause American Idiot sounds like Doublewhiskeycokenoice. Speaking of which, I agree with the guy below, we need a new D4 record. 100k sounds a lot like american idiot After reading this review, I immediately downloaded this from Itunes. What a great album. I don't see this leaving my rotation any time soon! I agree with most everyone posting here. This record/band is fine and good. Defintely not the album of 2006. Not all that great. It's Lacking some kind of feeling/substance. Any band of able musicians could have made this. I'm still waiting on a new D4 or Social D record. FFIX is my second favorite FF. Quality game. Now that we've agreed VI is the bomb diggity... uh... this Loved One's business is pretty alright. I think I'll get the cd. I might have said that already. Whatever. Yo, swingline, my taste in music is broader than yours. Get the fuck over it, and quit overrating average songs and bands because you're desperate for Punknews-cred. score is for jones the bones not commenting Excellent album! damn...this is a very good album based on one listen. kinda like a more heartfelt explosion mixed w/ a more raw hot water music and maybe some lars fredrickson styled rancid in there. i dig it. fits on fat perfectly. cant' wait for the nofx show. a very solid 8. call me crazy, but i love ff9 I had planned on buying this today, I decdided however, to wait for the show tommorow evening. I do like this band quite a bit, however! I love FF4-6, hate everything after 6 (never beat 7, lost interest). 6 is easily my favorite rpg ever. definetly FFVI. I cant wait till that is released for the GBA......I wonder i f a 3D DS remake is out of the picture....look at FFIII for the DS! Solid record, it does get kinda old though and isn't that memorable... a solid 8. On the topic of FF8, let's get down to business here, people. Best Final Fantasy? Good album in the coming minutes i will be ordering this. "The re-recording of Benson and Hedges is nowhere near as good as the original from The Curse EP and the fact that they removed all swearing from it suggests to me that they're aiming this particular record at a much wider audience - one whose mummys and daddys might not like them listening to such 'rude' lyrics." so yeah, these guys are pretty good, I don't see what everyone is gushing about though, its solid stuff but nothing amazing. not bad. but not great either. although i saw them live and they were alright. i'm confused. just got it, and i wanna give it a full listen before i give it a rating, but i fucking love the ep. I can't help but think "playing cards from Final Fantasy 8" when I look at that cover okay, but seriously.....i can think of about 900 million bands that are more interesting and envigorating than the loved ones. not that they're a bad band. they're fine. but come on! how could this possibly be the best record of 2006??? Wait, is one of you homos talking shit on the lyrics? If you haven't heard it already, you can listen to the whole album here, . This is the kind of music Midtown would right if they weren't such huge pussies. I would give this a 7 because I had very high expectations for this record and i was a little disappointed. I'll give the vinyl 1.5 more because it is on black marble and it came 2 days after i ordered it. The EP was one of those records where I would enjoy if I had it on, but it never jumped out at me when I was flicking through my stuff. I don't know if I'll bother buying this. this really is the definition of punknewscore "my mind works in spectacular ways and it makes sense in mine" the band sounds really good and is best experienced when you can hear the vocals, but can't decipher the mundane lyrics. repeated listens allow the listener to pick up more lyrics and the songs decrease in quality quite a bit, but damn, listening to this for the first time was goddamn envigorating. of course i knew that kirby...that's why i put commenters and readers, and not just readers. maybe it still doesn't make sense to you guys, but my mind works in spectacular ways and it makes sense in mine "Of course, the fact that this band includes members that formerly had been playing with Kid Dynamite, the Curse and Paint It Black didn't do them any bad for that matter, either. You can say they grew up in the right neighbourhood." But we need a review so that we can all comment on it. :) why even review this record? i think its pretty clear that 90% of commenters/readers are in awe of this band and the other 10% think they sound like every other pop punk band out there. why even review this record? i think its pretty clear that 90% of commenters/readers are in awe of this band and the other 10% think they sound like every other pop punk band out there. "The re-recording of Benson and Hedges is nowhere near as good as the original from The Curse EP and the fact that they removed all swearing from it suggests to me that they're aiming this particular record at a much wider audience - one whose mummys and daddys might not like them listening to such 'rude' lyrics." anyone saying that the demo versions of "jane" or "arsenic" are better is probably just saying it to sound hip. the demo versions have so many unnecessary parts (which the band obviously realized) and the LP versions are so much more concise and to the point. I’m not sure if this music is "2006 enough" for the younger kids, who according to me seem to prefer either the harder (emo) hardcore or the more mellow, cleaner work anyone saying that the demo versions of "jane" or "arsenic" are better is probably just saying it to sound hip. the demo versions have so many unnecessary parts (which the band obviously realized) and the LP versions are so much more concise and to the point. great review for an oustanding record. best pop punk record to come out in a LONG time. that was a really horribly written review...i mean awful Swingline - Way to treat that mother-fuckers LIFE. That comment was a reponse to two different people if that's not clear. Haha! Sorry. Yeah, I have File Under Black. It's exactly why I fear they're an EP band. If you took out all but like 6 songs, it'd be freaking amazing. The rest bog it down, though. I don't know, it's a catchy album, it's an improvement on the EP, but I don't know. I still think this is really average pop-punk. OMG!@! The original version of "The Odds" is better!!!!111111111 The re-recording of Benson and Hedges is nowhere near as good as the original from The Curse EP and the fact that they removed all swearing from it suggests to me that they're aiming this particular record at a much wider audience - one whose mummys and daddys might not like them listening to such 'rude' lyrics. It's good, but not that great. I'm not a Loved Ones hater. I love seeing Dave Hause and company live. I guess it didn't blow me away like it did with everyone else. This may be the best record of the year, I don't think that anything could really top this. Can't wait to pick this up. The redone "100K" is OK, and the demo version of "Jane" is probably better, but overall I love this. i'm sure this is good, but in no possible way does stuff like this deserve a 9. this really is the definition of punknewscore Player Hater Anthem sounds like Under The Sea from the Little Mermaid. Good stuff. Good review, Hein. Fucking awesome album for sure. great record. it will be on my best-of 06 list. "breathe in" is a fantastic song. i'll take these dudes over any one of the generic emo bands cluttering up music right now. I like this and I wouldn't give it more than a 6. Ludicrous. Re: Fall Out Boy plan "From Under The Cork Tree" reissue (Score: 1) "dance dance, you fall out boy loving puppet" Shit. I forgot this came out today... I'd better get to ordering it... really good, but not as overly solid as the EP. it woulda helped to come out in warmer weather too. "this page is a bunch of fan boys nad even though i don't really like the bands you mentioned (larry arms/ bigwig) nah... had nowhere to go past that. fuck those bands. this one, kid dynamite ok, but those two.. fuck anyone who likes them, including my roommate. they have shitty taste" mr or mrs, historypeats i agree "[100k] really was, and still is, a marvel, and without any doubt helped them getting signed to Fat Wreck Chords." "Let's hope the Falcon and None More Black can impress me similarly this year." Record release show in Philly is going to be fun Great disc. Fat's really on a roll this year with Randy, this, and Larry Arms as their first three releases of 2006. Hey Scruffy are you serious? Because I felt the exact same way about the EP, that overall it was mediocre. The EP only really had 2 great songs. It was all sweet, but the 3rd song was a HWM ripoff, the 4th was all acoustic, so it didn't have as much "umph!", and the last song seemed to center around just one riff. The first two were what made it. This CD has 13 songs as good as those first two songs, including a song that sounds kinda like Lifetime (Over 50 Club). EP was way better. That first sentence was meant to be a question. It sounds rude as a declarative statement. McTernan did the EP as well, didn't he. So it's not his fault that 100K might seem lackluster, though I think it's just as awesome as the original. Definitely not a step up, but some changes of the kind that any of us might sing it differently when we're bored and alone in the car. Definitely for the fans who know the EP version. You forgot to mention ex-Trial By Fire. I listened all the way through this album for the first time today, and I'm pretty into it. Before today, I really didn't understand all the hype behind The Loved Ones, but I think now I'm kind of starting to. I'll give it a solid 8. i think this album drops a star every 2 weeks of consistant listening. |
