Lives can change in a flash, so extrapolate multiple instances across eight years and you're sure to encounter jubilation and heartache. The end product ran contradictory to the Boston band's blue-collar, workmanlike ethos, so Turn Up That Dial - the band's 10th and closing in on their silver anniversary - was met with skepticism. This rang true for 11 Short Stories of Pain & Glory, the follow-up album with stellar bookends (a legitimate banger of a livestream/concert opener in "The Lonesome Boatman" and the resplendent "Until the Next Time") but otherwise filled with puzzling covers, lethargic pacing, and uncharacteristically vapid hooks.
Review Summary: Where "I could never keep my life from burning to the ground" coherently meets "I have hope to share and I've got love to give".Įight years ago, after writing about Dropkick Murphys' Signed & Sealed in Blood, I expressed some concern that relying on a time-tested formula might lead to diminishing returns.
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