Sum 41's Fifth album, SBM will be available on march 28th in France. two month before it's out, we were able to listen to this album, one of the most waited album of the year. With 14 songs, su 41 is still making some well supplied disks. It's still not the time to make a 10 songs album.
01 - Reason to believe (3:28)
The warlike rythm of the intro of the song immediatly plunges you into the atmosphere: The four punks are doing it right. The sum 41's style fits very well, until this sharp break at the last third of the song : A plesent piano/vocal leads the song to its end. Excellent introduction.
02 - Screaming Bloody Murder (3:24)
No description needed, we all know it! they just say that it's a very good catchy song, like sum 41 are used to do!
03 - All Comes To An End (3:24)
This song is Skumfuk.
You know this on too, but they're describing the intro :
All comes to an end sets a disquieting atmosphere, with a long intro on which you can vocals, a light guitar and some machine sounds. It's 1 minute long, then it beggins with the song that you know, AKA as skumfuk.
04 - Time For You To Go (3:01)
The attack of the guitar/bass/drum of TFYTG is quite disturbing. Sum 41 leaves its magic formula to go with a straighter Rock. The keyboard that comes into the first chorus makes you think of Green Day or The Hives with a voice close to Liam Gallagher's one this time. The first good surprise of the album.
05 - Jessica Kills (2:50)
A sequence of Arpeggios starts the song with an offbeat timing. The Chorus goes straight : 100% Sum 41, in line with songs like Still Waiting or March of the dogs. The pace runs away on the bridge before it calms down with an ultimate chorus that puts everyone in agreement.
06 - What Am I To Say (4:12)
The acoustic guitar of the intro announces the coming of the first mid-tempo of SBM. First slowdown of the album and first deception. Sum 41 should highly refrains this kind of songs.
07 - Crash (3:47)
Fortunately, the lull does not last and the album is back again with Crash, a song built with two parts . a Muse-like piano ends the song well that might be one of the most interresting song of the record...
08 - Sick of it all (3:05)
... which directly connects to Sick of it all. By discovering the tracklist of the album, that title obviously arrested us. Iit a tribute to the New York hardcore band?Here's the answer : Not at all. This has nothing to do with the music of the Koller's brothers. The song's separated between calms verses on which Deryck's voice plays with some piano notes, and a powerful chorus.
09 - Happiness Machines (04:48)
The longest track on the album/ In 5 minutes, sum 41 normally has the time to play two songs, without any doubts. Once again, the intro riff reminds slightly Matthew Bellamy's style. The calm passages of the verses sounds like they're out of The Bends, and it feels like the canadians listened to a lot of British rock while writing SBM. Be carefull, Happiness Machines doesn't sound like Muse, or Radiohead, but some gimmicks can remind you of these two bands.
10 - Over Now (3:16)
The highly feared slow slong comes with this track n°10. Will Sum 41 Succeed or fail like his little friends who allready tried? (Good Charlotte, Simple Plan). Answer : A most annoying "James Blunt like" piano that makes this song pretty useless. Second stumble.
11 - Blood in my Eyes (4:16)
Muse's shadow which will cover Paint it Black of the Rolling Stones might be in this intro. Matthew Bellamy even seams omnipresent on certain clear passages on this ternary song that shows a new facet of the canadian music.
12 - Baby you don't wanna know (3:44)
Rock'n'roll Riffs, claps, tambourins and Hammond Orgue : There's no doubt that sum 41 has decided to explore again the binary sound of their south neighbours. If a video clip had to be filmed, it would obviously represent a bunch of people into a convertible car which will go by the road 66, under a blazing sun.
13 - Back Where I Belong (3:41)
On this penultimate song, Sum 41 is playing some Sum 41. Back to where i belong could have been on the band's third album Chuck, out in 2004.
14 - Exit song (1:42)
While we were expecting a nag song without concession like "Never Wake Up", on AKNF, a calm sound concludes perfectly this very successful fifth's album.
So, here's my little review :
In one had The writter of this review seems to be a douche to me, because is does not seem to see the artistic side of the album, in songs like Over Now or what am i to say. but in the other hand, the descriptions are interesting and brings us some quite precise precisions about the song titles and the songs!
IMO :
12 - Baby you don't wanna know (3:44) will sound like Green day - Horseshoes and hadgrenades
10 - Over Now will be the piano part of this update (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wXrS2c6ixM) at 0:34 and so this song will be amazing and that's why i think that the writter is a douche
06. "What Am I To Say?" (04:12) if this song is going to sound like Some say or even Pieces, well i don't see why this shouldn't sound good...
09. "Happiness Machines" (04:48) scares me a little bit because this songs seems to be a little bite too slow and may confirm use that the sound is gettin' too close to some british pop/rock :s like 04. "Time For You To Go" (03:01)
14. "Exit Song" (01:42) should sound like sleeping away with a good atmosphere and various instruments.
13. "Back Where I Belong" (03:41) will be fucking epic imo
05. "Jessica Kills" (02:50) i think this song was part of Epic, and btw i don't know where this song has gone, so let's hope it's not anymore and that epic will be released on the album or as a bonus track.
That "all" i have to say about it guys ;)
ps : Sorry for that gigantic post!
