Chicago's own The Lawrence Arms will release Metropole, their first
album in eight years, on January 28, 2014 via Epitaph. A beloved
band in the punk scene from their inception in 1999, members
Brendan Kelly (vocals/bassist), Chris McCaughan (vocals/guitar), and
Neil Hennessey (drummer) have released five studio albums to date.
Their sixth album and first with Epitaph, Metropole captures “that
alone-in-a-crowd, stranger-in-a-strange-land kind of shit” according
to Kelly. Metropole was recorded at Chicago's Atlas Studios with coproducer
Matt Allison, who has also worked with Chicago-punkscene
veterans Alkaline Trio. The follow-up to their 2009 Fat Wreck
Chords EP Buttsweat and Tears, the new venture takes apart the
band's gritty punk rock and fiery spirit, to reveal a new passion for
storytelling-through-songwriting. Take the bravely personal lyrics of
"You Are Here" where McCaughan ironically sings "Days just keep
rolling on / They won’t miss me when I’m gone / I’m the chorus to
that lonely street / Just footsteps fading to a dying beat.” After a long
hiatus, dedicated fans have missed The Lawrence Arms and are
ready for the band's most dynamic album to date.
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