Dear Landlord "Dream Homes" 2009

Artist: Dear Landlord
Album: Dream Homes
Genre: Punk Rock

Myspace: Dear Landlord
Tracklist:

      1. I Live in Hell
      2. Rosa
      3. High Fives
      4. Lake Ontario
      5. Landlocked
      6. Doormat
      7. Three to the Beach
      8. Park Bench
      9. Goodbye to Oakland
     10. Last Time I Checked
     11. Whiskey and Records
     12. Lost Cause
     13. Begging for Tips
     14. A World that We Never Made

Overall Sound: As your might expect this CD, "Dream Homes" by Dear Landlord is a pretty simplistic fun all around punk rock album. Everything is fairly standard yet there is something i feel is missing in this CD but i just cant put my finger on it though. Dear Landlord however have made a extremely accessible album here and it is pretty catchy and songs don't generally run more than a couple of minutes.

Guitar:  Your standard punk guitar mix and matched with different riffs here and there, but there is quite a continuum of the same riff as to be expect in any punk record. Decent though for a punk record.

Bass: I really enjoy the bass guitar on this cd for one reason: I CAN HEAR IT? which is extremely important in order sometimes to draw the listener into the unavoidable grooves.

Drums: Again fairly standard drumming as well, IMHO it sounds very similar to Sum 41's drummer. However at times it seems very monotone, nothing super spectacular but overall fairly decent.

Vocals/Lyrics:   "I live in hell, I live in the basement,I live in a garage with no windows, my life is wasted
I live in hell with the drunken Christians,they're away from their parents for the first time,they can't take it" this is from the song "I Live in Hell" which is probobly the strongest song(Both lyrically and Musically) outside of "Lake Ontario" on this record. The Vocals are more sung than harsh as i expected going into this, but thats what makes them fun to listen to i guess(but really i was hoping for like something like The Casualties "En La Linea Del Frente" which is just pure bliss).

Overall Impression: In Conclusion, i think that Dear Landlord are not breaking new ground but still contributing something fun and listenable with "Dream Homes" however i was expecting a different sound which i think possibly swayed my opinion, but overall though it was a fun listen.

Killer Tracks: I Live in Hell, Lake Ontario, A World that We Never Made


Rating: 6.0/10



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