Review: The Loved Ones - Keep Your Heart (or) tonight tonight alright alright

Posted on 7 February 2006 | 7 Comments

Filed Under: Album Reviews, Punk

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One of my new year’s resolutions for CYSTSFTS? was to get back to my punk rock roots a little more. Last year saw me listening to a lot of indie rock and it although it was all good, it almost felt like I moved too far off course. Besides, there seem to be very few music blogs (at the ones I read) that feature any punk music at all. So here is to 2006 and the reintroduction of punk to this part of blogosphere.

One of the bands that prompted this was Philadelphia’s The Loved Ones. The band features ex-members of Kid Dynamite, The Curse, and Trial By Fire and play fast and explosive punk sing-a-long anthems that will be stuck in your head for days. Their music hints at everything from the members’ former bands to Hot Water Music, The Ramones, Bruce Springsteen, and The Bouncing Souls. They even took their name from a great Elvis Costello song.

Now when I first heard their self-titled EP that was released on Jade Tree (the vinyl is on Chunksaah) last year, I didn’t know what hit me. I was bouncing off the walls like I was seventeen and had the stereo so loud my ears were ringing. And while there isn’t a whole lot of bands (today) that I could compare this power-punk trio to, their sound is familiar and worn (like your trusty leather jacket with the pins on the collar) but also fresh and bursting with energy. Their debut full-length Keep Your Heart is due out February 21st on Fat Wreck.

MP3 | The Loved Ones – Suture Self Keep Your Heart
MP3 | The Loved Ones – Over 50 Club Keep Your Heart
MP3 | The Loved Ones – Jane Demo
MP3 | The Loved Ones – 100k Self Titled EP

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