''Damnesia'' is an album by the
punk rock band
Alkaline Trio
Alkaline Trio is an American punk rock band from Chicago, Illinois. Since 2001, the band has consisted of Matt Skiba (vocals, guitar), Dan Andriano (vocals, bass) and Derek Grant (drums, vocals).
Founded in late 1996 by Skiba, bassist Rob Do ...
, released July 12, 2011 through their label Heart & Skull, a joint venture with
Epitaph Records.
A primarily
acoustic album, it consists of "a selection of beloved fan favorites selected from the group's extensive catalogue and presented in an intimate semi-unplugged format".
The album also includes two new songs, "Olde English 800" and "I Remember a Rooftop", as well as a
cover version
In popular music, a cover version, cover song, remake, revival, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording by a musician other than the original performer or composer of the song. Originally, it referred to a version of a song release ...
of the
Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes are an American folk punk band from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The band consists of founding members Gordon Gano (guitar, lead vocals) and Brian Ritchie (bass, backing vocals), joined by multi-instrumentalist Blaise Garza (joined 200 ...
' "I Held Her in My Arms".
A music video consisting of studio footage was released for the song "Clavicle", and the band has embarked a fifteenth-anniversary United States tour in support of the album.
Reception
''Damnesia'' was released to mostly positive reviews.
AbsolutePunk gave it a rating of 7.5/10, stating that "''Damnesia'' satiates the appetite fans have for new material, while proving that an old band can still do new tricks.".
gave it a rating of 8/10, stating that the album took a "mellower approach" than the band's previous effort.
However,
Allmusic
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gave it 3/5,
whilst Blare Magazine also gave it the same score, saying that "there’s the odd inclusion where those old breakup lyrics, slowed down to unplugged-tempo, don’t have the same ring".
Track listing
Personnel
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Matt Skiba – guitar, vocals
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Dan Andriano
Daniel Michael Andriano (born June 27, 1977) is an American singer and musician. He is best known as the co-lead vocalist and bassist of the punk rock band Alkaline Trio, with whom he has recorded nine studio albums to date.
Andriano also rec ...
– bass, vocals
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Derek Grant – drums, vocals
References
External links
''Damnesia''at
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(streamed copy where licensed)
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Alkaline Trio albums
2011 compilation albums
Epitaph Records albums