"allegiance"

Lost in Greenpoint

Allegiance

first off, this review is going to be completely biased...we here at diy punk zine love this band probably more than anyone who will be reading this review (except for the band, maybe). so forgive us in advance for all of the gushing over this album that we are about to do.

suburbian kids are dead is the first song on the cd, and the first song of the band's to be released by 80 grit records. suburbian is not actually a word...i'm pretty sure by this they meant suburban...but hey, who cares? not me. it begins with the announcement that hitler is dead. random but true bit of trivia for you there. hopefully you already knew that though. wow. i love that song. they played this during their show in connecticut, and while at the time we didn't know it, we've liked it ever since first hearing it. and what do you know, its the first on the cd. lucky us. the lyrics are awesome, the singing is awesome, everything about it is basically just awesome. just from listening to this one song i would already suggest to all my friends and acquaintances to go out and buy this cd. it's that good.

second song, awesome chorus (and title as well, since it's the same thing): keep rednecks off skateboards. i don't really know why you'd write a song about this, but hey, it works. and it's pretty amazing. so whatever...keep rednecks off skateboards i say as well.

at this point i would like to say that i love this band, in case you forgot. and, that musically, they are better than you.... i'm not looking for enemies here, i'm just stating the truth.

on to a more political LIG song, "letters from an iraqi citizen" is depressing but a pretty accurate depiction of the shit our country has put the whole middle east through. one of the saddest songs i've heard in a long time (other than "easy way out", but we're not gonna get into an adicts review here, we'll leave that to the big zines), but it's still an amazing song. and no, it's not emo, in case you were wondering.

Confederate: "punk rock with all this hey, hey shit...hay is for fuckin' horses" sums up this song. one of the best on the cd, by far. first, zach nails the intro with a crazy seven second yankee doodle bit, and then...i mean, who impersonates the people they are trying to make fun of in a song? LIG does, and they are awesome. i had to actually pause the song for about fifteen seconds just so i could laugh. it was that entertaining. i really hope that they play this song live at every show they do from now on. sure, it would take some major cojones, but i'm pretty sure they're capable of pulling it off. the song, i mean.

the drumming on "let it go" is impressive...not like any of the other instruments aren't impressive, because they definitely are (all three of these guys are amazing at the instruments they play), but the drumming in this song especially proves that point for james. and of course, what's more awesome than ending a song with a giant burp? nothing we can think of.

Horseshoes & Hand Grenades: a song we were lucky enough to see performed live way before this cd was released. the live performance was awesome (because they were there and not just coming out of the earbuds shoved into my brain like they usually are) if not a little unrehearsed. the "whoas" in the live performance got shot to hell, but in the cd they're all there and done at the right times. unlike when they forgot the timing during their CT show. which was awesome, by the way.

A Place To Go might just be my favorite song in the entire history of the world. no lie. what do you think it's about? if you guessed going to a show, then, well, you're right. so you could say "i was right!" and you wouldn't be wrong (although we don't recommend you saying this out loud to yourself in crowded places such as the library, if that's where you hang out). basically it sums up everything awesome about the world, if going to punk shows is your idea of what the world actually is. and by the way, josh is an awesome bassist, as proven in the intro of this song. and just when i thought there was no possible way for the song to get any better at all, it gets better. what is that? AMAZING!

Lost in Greenpoint has gotten even more talented since Backyard Scandal, somehow (because who would've thought you could get better than that?) zach, james and josh are extremely talented musicians with a lot to say and they surely said it on this cd. if i didn't already have this cd, i would go out and buy it again. and again. and again. hell, i'd even travel all the way to pennsylvania for a copy, and i'm completely serious. it's totally worth every penny of the 925 pennies that make up the price of it on interpunk (plus the 300 pennies in shipping it takes to get to your place). if you like punk rock, or just good music in general (we're assuming you like punk since you are reading a punk zine), then this cd is one you can't miss. so don't miss it.