I’m in something of a minority, it would seem. Always the last to the party, I don’t actually know any of The Day I Snapped’s songs. I’ve seen them perform a short set live—once—but as frames of reference go, I don't have much of one. This means I’m probably either one of the best or one of the worst people to review this release, depending upon your point of view.
Hooked on Disaster is an album built on balance. It sits on that beautiful knife-edge between hardcore’s raw sound on one side and classic rock’n’roll on the other, albeit leaning distinctly towards the punk end of the spectrum. This isn’t your run-of-the-mill punk album, it’s a dramatic balancing act which works well.
Every song that makes up this 12-track compendium is undoubtedly good, and each is worth listening to in its own right, but put them all together and some set themselves apart.
September State of Mind,
The Law of Averages,
The Damage is Done and
Jennifer 8 stand out from the crowd, but that’s not to say the rest aren’t worth listening to by any means.
It’s an unwritten law in the music business that bands do gigs to promote record sales. Conversely, when a band that you like issues a new release, you invariably want to see them play live if you haven’t recently. It’s perhaps a testament to this release that it’s rekindled my interest in the ’Snapped, and I'll be seeing them play again as soon as the opportunity presents itself. In the meantime, I have a feeling that this album will be hanging around in my iPod’s
Recently Played list for quite some time.
Hooked on Disaster is out now on
Lockjaw Records www.thedayisnapped.com
The Day I Snapped have a forum hosted right
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