Dragging The Lake Ii (2003)

Product Summary Label: Sideonedummy Records UPC: 00603967123623 Release Date: 3/18/2003 Buy.com Sku: 60592046 Item#: MMLXS6 Buy.com Sales Rank: 25050 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. I'm Not Invisible - Rocket From The Crypt ~ Various Artists 2. Remedy - Hot Water Music ~ Various Artists 3. To Awake And Avenge The Dead - Thrice ~ Various Artists 4. Worms Of The Universe - Finch (previously unreleased) ~ Various Artists 5. Fields Of Athenry - Dropkick Murphys (previously unreleased) ~ Various Artists 6. Don't Tell Me That It's Over - Blink 182 (previously unreleased) ~ Various Artists 7. Vacant Skies - Sparta (previously unreleased) ~ Various Artists 8. Once Again - Slick Shoes (previously unreleased) ~ Various Artists 9. Noble Stabbings!! - Dillinger Four ~ Various Artists 10. All My People - The Suicide Machines ~ Various Artists 11. E. Dagger - Lagwagon (previously unreleased) ~ Various Artists 12. Soliel - Maxeen (previously unreleased) ~ Various Artists 13. Pride War - Further Seems Forever ~ Various Artists 14. William Tell Override - Jets To Brazil ~ Various Artists 15. All Systems Go - Box Car Racer ~ Various Artists 16. One Seventeen - Transplants ~ Various Artists 17. All We Want - H2O (previously unreleased) ~ Various Artists 18. You're So Last Summer - Taking Back Sunday ~ Various Artists 19. Heaven Knows - Rise Against ~ Various Artists 20. Jacknife To A Swan, A - The Mighty Mighty Bosstones ~ Various Artists 21. Greatest Fall, The - Matchbox Romance ~ Various Artists 22. Mislead - Hot Rod Circuit (previously unreleased) ~ Various Artists 23. Next To Go - Down By Law (previously unreleased) ~ Various Artists 24. Be There - Over My Dead Body ~ Various Artists 25. Some Came Running - Bane ~ Various Artists 26. Crawl - Alkaline Trio (previously unreleased, live) ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Performers include: Blink 182, Dropkick Murphy's, The Transplants, Hot Water Music, Box Car Radar, Over My Dead Body, Sparta, Slick Shoes, Dillinger Four, Jets To Brazil, Recover, Flinch, The Mighty Mighty BossTones, H20, Thrice, Lagwagon, Matchbook Romance, Further Seems Forever, Rocket From The Crypt, Bane, Taking Back Sunday, Cordalene, Rise Against, Akaline Trio, Days Away. Atticus Clothing (which is owned by Mark Hoppus and Tom DeLonge from blink-182) and the Side One Dummy label have joined together to release another volume of Dragging the Lake. Like the first volume, this disc is a mix of emo bands, punk-pop bands, and straight-up punk bands. The bands range from superstars of modern punk like blink-182 to unsung heroes like Rocket from the Crypt and Dillinger Four to survivors like Jets to Brazil to up and comers like Sparta to total unknowns like Slick Shoes. All the songs are rock-solid modern punk, but there are inevitably standout tracks: Rocket from the Crypt's "I'm Not Invisible" is a short sharp blast of energy, Dillinger Four's "Noble Stabbings!!" is an epic-sounding song that brings the Clash to mind, H20's "All We Want" is a sweet singalong, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones' "A Jackknife to a Swan" sounds surprisingly good, and the Alkaline Trio's previously unreleased version of "Crawl" (taken from a BBC session) combines the lyricism of the Smiths with pure punk attitude. The only songs that sound weak are Maxeen's second-rate Jimmy Eat World imitation "Soleil," Matchbook Romance's third-rate Jimmy Eat World imitation "The Greatest Fall," and Bane's awful "Some Came Running," which sounds like Spinal Tap crossed with the Wiggles and the Transplants' "One Seventeen" and is let down by the corny vocals and silly electronics. Along with the Alkaline Trio rarity, there are also unreleased tracks by the Dropkick Murphys, Finch, Lagwagon, and Sparta, as well as a blink-182 track, "Don't Tell Me It's Over," that was only available as a bonus track on the limited-edition version of Take Off Your Pants and Jacket. This disc serves as a fine sampler for the modern punk sound that almost any fan of the genre will want to pick up. ~ Tim Sendra Serving as the crossroads for all things hardcore, emo, ska, and pop-punk, Side One Dummy Records gives Epitaph a run for its money with ATTICUS:?DRAGGING THE LAKE II. At a time when most CDs can easily cost a twenty spot, SODR offers a killer business model to the music industry with a bargain basement-priced comp packed with previously unreleased songs by A-list names. Among the many rare goodies are Blink 182's ode to porn "Don't Tell Me That It's Over," Down By Law's mosh-pit friendly "Next to Go," and "Vacant Skies," a Sparta nugget packed with rumbling rhythms and multi-textured guitar parts. Old-school punk fans will be delighted to find cuts by the Mighty Mighty Bosstones (the anthemic "A Jackknife to a Swan"), the Dropkick Murphys (a bagpipe-infused "Fiels of Athenry"), and Rocket From The Crypt (the raucous "I'm Not Invisible"). Kids from the emo brigade will be thrilled to find Finch (a grinding "Worm of the Universe") and Taking Back Sunday (the aching "You're So Last Summer") getting their due as well. Other notable names making the cut include Jets to Brazil, Hot Water Music, the Alkaline Trio, and Box Car Racer.   Technical Info Release Date : 03/18/2003 Original Release Date : 2003 Catalog ID : 71236 Label : Side One Dummy Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00603967123623    Product Image