"New Again" Photo by Peter Lazaravich
After a three-year hiatus, Taking Back Sunday is back with their latest album, “New Again.” Formed in 1999, Taking Back Sunday is an alternative rock band, based out of Long Island, N.Y..
“New Again” is the first album to feature the new guitarist Matthew Fazzi, after the departure of Fred Mascherino who left to pursue a solo project. Taking Back Sunday’s music is best characterized by fast-moving songs and somewhat contagious lyrics.
The album starts with “New Again,” a quick-paced track with catchy lyrics, and leads into the CD’s first single “Sink Into Me.” “Lonely” brings in more heavy guitar, and is subsequently described by vocalist Adam Lazzara as “one of the most relentless songs we’ve written…And to me it moves more like an older rock ‘n’ roll song than something more current or that we’ve even done in the past,” on the band’s bio page. Longtime fans of Taking Back Sunday will appreciate “Swing,” with signature guitar riffs, and sounds reminiscent of earlier albums.
The album speeds up with “Cut Me Up Jenny,” “Catholic Knees” and “Carpathia.” The album also includes the track “Capital M-E,” which was recently featured in “Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen.” The album concludes with “Everything Must Go,” which rounds off the CD nicely, by alternating between a faster chorus and much slower verses.
The bottom line…
“New Again” is softer and more refined than previous albums. Overall, “Sink Into Me,” “Swing” and “Where My Mouth Is” are the highlights of the album and definitely deserve a listen.
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