{"id":22220,"date":"2014-07-17T10:59:57","date_gmt":"2014-07-17T00:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/?p=22220"},"modified":"2014-07-17T11:13:46","modified_gmt":"2014-07-17T01:13:46","slug":"pennywise-%e2%80%93-yesterdays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/2014\/07\/pennywise-%e2%80%93-yesterdays\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennywise \u2013 Yesterdays"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Ha ha I love punk rock, purely for the fact that this eleven track album clocks in in just under thirty minutes, so good, actually by the time I finished this sentence the first two songs had finished\u2026 I kid, I kid because it\u2019s Pennywise, they get jokes. What\u2019s interesting about this album is the fact that these songs have been around for over twenty years, many of which were written by original bass player Jason Thirsk who passed away in 1996 and what better time than now to go back to them, drop in, revisit, see if they were still friends and re-record them to what has now made up \u2018Yesterdays\u2019. So let\u2019s see if they stand up to today\u2019s \u2018standards\u2019\u2026<\/p>\n

The album also sees the return of Jim Lindberg back as the front man after five or so years away and many are saying this is the band as they should be once again. You kinda get that vibe too when listening to these songs, there\u2019s just that old school punk mentality to them, they\u2019re fast, frantic and if I wasn\u2019t sitting here typing I\u2019d probably be stomping around my living room, but until I figure out how to do both I\u2019m stuck here stompless. What I like about this album is it\u2019s fun, yeah I know, a simple word to describe it, but hey, back when these songs were written it was just about punk rock in its purest form, there\u2019s no real underlying message, there\u2019s no agenda, these are just great songs played by a band who dig music and what they do and you can hear the rawness of the album, is it perfect? No, but that\u2019s what makes it what it is, I love this type of recording where it sounds like mates in a room playing music, there\u2019s no real polish, no finesse and none needed.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no reason to go into each song here, as if you\u2019re a fan of Pennywise, you know what you\u2019re getting, but with songs like \u2018Noise Pollution\u2019 and \u2018Thanksgiving\u2019 being standouts for me, also let me call out \u2018Slow Down\u2019 which does nothing of the sort, and no joke sounds like what could be a punk rock Metallica song at the beginning, that was cool, as the album goes on you can just keep rockin\u2019 along with a band that to me feel like they\u2019re excited recording music again, and it\u2019ll be great to hear how fans react to these punk rockers once they hit the stage and deliver this fresh old material. I for one will be excited to see how it turns out as it\u2019s been six years since my last Pennywise show, I know, shame on me\u2026<\/p>\n

Actually I\u2019m finding that I\u2019m digging the later end of this album much more than the beginning, as it seems to be somewhat heavier, and that\u2019s not to say that I didn\u2019t like the first half, I did, but I\u2019m just digging \u2018No Way Out\u2019 right now and it\u2019s riff laden goodness, and the closer of this thirty minute slab \u2018o punk rock is the best way to go out, and at 3 minutes 45 seconds and the epic of the album, \u2018I Can Remember\u2019 sends us off the way we wanted to go, with a salute and a nod to the days of old, when Pennywise were Pennywise and huzzah I say.<\/p>\n

I like new chapters on things, I like it when original members return to bands and I like good old fashioned punk rock music. So Pennywise, welcome back, thanks for \u2018Yesterdays\u2019, todays and tomorrows\u2026 (see what I did there) yeah I know, that\u2019s enough Troy, that\u2019s enough\u2026<\/p>\n

Essential Information<\/strong><\/h2>\n

From:<\/strong> Hermosa Beach, CA, USA<\/p>\n

Sounds Like:<\/strong> Punk Rock<\/p>\n

Release date:<\/strong> 11th<\/sup> July 2014 (Epitaph)<\/p>\n

Website:<\/strong> \u00a0https:\/\/www.pennywisdom.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Track Listing:<\/strong>
\n01. What You Deserve
\n02. Restless Time
\n03. Noise Pollution
\n04. Violence Never Ending
\n05. Am Oi!
\n06. Thanksgiving
\n07. She’s A Winner
\n08. Slow Down
\n09. Public Defender
\n10. No Way Out
\n11. I Can Remember<\/p>\n\n

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