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- Date Released: September 1, 2007
- Genre: Rock/Pop
- Label: Defend Music Inc. / IODA
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We Say...
Yep. A.R.E. Weapons are still kicking. For those who lost sight of them amid the dying embers of the electroclash movement, the boys have picked up and moved along to a crusty punk rock sound reminiscent of Jay Reatard or a poorly produced Andrew WK. Indeed, the group eschews fidelity for aggression, proficiency for naiveté. Crucially, though, they don't trade in tunes for squall. "Let's Go to Times Square," "Weird Wild Free" and "Heartbeat" strut peacock-like with the assuredness that only comes with the confidence of a band that knows it has the goods. Rock on.
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They Say...
For all of the recklessness and curled lip swagger that NYC's A.R.E. Weapons try to inject into their appropriately titled Modern Mayhem, there's just something missing to really sell the guys as being any sort of company you'd want for a night of questionable decisions on the Lower East Side. Their punkified electro-rock is altogether hollow sounding, but the trash and grit strewn about songs like "Let's Go to Times Square" and "Keys Money Cigarettes" still make their calculated chaos an easy sell to fans of their previous work. And it's all mildly amusing and fun enough that if everyone else really tried, they might find A.R.E. Weapons -- or at least Modern Mayhem -- almost likeable. The lyrics are simple, easy to sing along to after barely one listen, and hastily sung over bare production evoking that of albums recorded a few decades ago. The group elicits a slight likeness to the Ramones and Stooges, which is fun by association, but really, the Weapons only wish they possessed the sort of genuine edge those bands did. But in the end, the main problem with the record is that it's simply unmemorable, not to mention leaving the nagging question of why any band (or any group of friends) from New York (especially those trying to appear as bad ass as these guys) would willingly choose to hang out at (and glorify it no less!) the crowded tourist trap that is Times Square?
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| 01. |  |
We Don't Care |
1:00 |
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| 02. | |
Let's Go To Times Square |
2:07 |
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| 03. | |
I Just Can't Get Started |
2:46 |
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| 04. | |
Weird Wild Free |
2:53 |
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| 05. | |
Keys Money Cigarettes |
3:05 |
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| 06. | |
Just a Crush |
2:17 |
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| 07. | |
Have You Ever? |
3:35 |
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| 08. | |
Sweet Jesus |
3:10 |
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| 09. | |
Dreamers |
3:36 |
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| 10. | |
Hey Joey |
2:34 |
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| 11. | |
Heartbeat |
2:52 |
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| 12. | |
F What You Like |
2:52 |
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| 13. | |
Too Low |
2:26 |
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| 14. | |
Do You Wanna Hang Around? |
3:17 |
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| 15. | |
We Don't Care (Part 2) |
1:29 |
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15 Total Tracks, 39:59 Total Length
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Credits
- Mick Barr - Guitar // Jason LaFarge - Engineer // Paul Sevigny - Vocals (Background) // Paul Sevigny - ?
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