a brilliant sophomore effort
Posted July 22, 2008
By stettkt,
when i heard about the classic crime's second album releasing, i have to say i was indifferent to the idea of it. don't get me wrong, they are a great band and this album prooves that. it's just i wasn't too impressed by their first cd. sure the coldest heart is great to sing along to on air1, but the rest of the album was lukewarm at best. this album, though, the buys really kicked it up a notch. a lot of bands are made or broken by the second release and this album shows that got what it takes. i feel like this album is so different from the first, but yet completely within the classic crime's capabilities.
i'd like to change the focus of this review slightly, if that's ok. if not, it's my review so tough. lol. all the songs on the album are top draw, however there is one song in particular that kind of hits home in my life right now. i've only listened to it once, but from what i gather, the song confronts an issue that teens and even adults face in life: alcohol. i've recently turned 21, so it's completely legal for me to have a drink every now and then... but still it's an issue i've dealt with since the beginning of high school. i've never drank underage, which i'm proud of. i was in the anti drug use groups in school and it was fun. i knew that drinking could turn me into someone fake... that i wouldn't be true to myself or the person God wanted me to be. now, by no means do i wish to promote drinking, but now that i'm old enough to drink legally, is it wrong for me to drink? i don't drink to get drunk or to make a fool of myself. my reasons from high school still hold true. it's just that now i'm 21, it feels different. honestly, i don't even do it that often, probably not even often enough to consider it "drinking"...whatever that means. like i said, the classic crime talks about it in their song, called "Medisin". no, that's not a typo. i think they intentionally spelled it with "sin" in there to sort of imply there is something wrong with alcohol and how some people use/abuse it as maybe a cure for depression or other hardships that they may be experiencing. given all that, it's still something that seems to plague society and maybe TCC is trying to do something about it, even in a small way. maybe it, and maybe even this review will help open someone's eyes? View All Music And Book Reviews By stettkt | View stettkt's Profile
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