One of the most venerated and longstanding punk bands ever is back with their first record in 13 years, and boy, is it a doozy! Opening track \u201cStanding On The Edge Of Tomorrow\u201d is one of the best songs of the year and one of the coolest of the Damned\u2019s long and illustrious career. Whew! It needed to be said and I have said it.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Devil In Disguise\u201d is okay but feels like an average album track. \u201cWe\u2019re So Nice\u201d has a great performance from Dave Vanian and is one of the more lighthearted tracks here, but it works well because of the production and the musicianship. Captain Sensible still is an underrated guitarist and he showcases his ability well on this release. \u201cProcrastination\u201d is the only weak track here, something that doesn\u2019t work and just feels like a toss off B-side.<\/p>\n
The title track is a nifty little rocker that manages to showcase how truly great this band is and always has been. \u201cShadow Evocation\u201d feels like a cut0 from their early \u201880s goth phase that just feels so right in this day and age. This is just an all-around fantastic little record. Even the trumpet flourishes on \u201cSonar Deceit\u201d bring the song to life, not to mention the bass playing by Paul Gray. Closing track \u201cI Don\u2019t Care\u201d kicks off as a piano ballad with Monty and Vanian before slamming into full band mode; it comes off very well and is a great showcase for Vanian\u2019s always impressive vocal range.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Daily Liar\u201d seems like a \u201860s pop song with lots of organ and more trumpet, but it also shows how different The Damned has been from a lot of other punk bands. Not content to stay in one lane, the band has managed to weave their tapestry over so many genres and they do it extremely well, too. This record just goes to prove how they\u2019ve managed to keep their title of the coolest punk band still going.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":33446,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[9962],"rating":[5617],"class_list":["post-45264","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-the-damned","rating-rating-b-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/91"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=45264"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=45264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}