I bought the „I Was Born“ – EP of the Menzingers via I-Tunes in March due to a recommendation and I loved it from the very beginning. So it was absolutely natural that I was looking forward for the full release in April and I ordered directly from Red Scare Industries a small label in Chicago.
The whole album is absolutely awesome. They really rock and I played it quite a lot at work, during diving or during work-out’s in the gym. It’s a fun record and for me it was the most positive surprise of 2010. I wouldn’t have expected to love it that much. I quite hope they’ll stay with Red Scare for a little longer, but as that record was such a success I somehow fear they will end up with a bigger label for the next album.
My favourite songs of „Chamberlain Waits“ probably are:
- Who’s Your Partner (strong opener)
- I Was Born (the beginning reminded me of Alkaline Trio’s Emma, awesome song)
- Time Tables
- So It Goes
- Come Here Often
But as already mentioned there’s no song on the album that is not great.
The tracklist goes as follows:
- Who’s Your Partner
- I Was Born
- Home Outgrown
- Deep Sleep
- Time Tables
- Male Call
- Tasker-Morris-Station
- So It Goes
- No We Didn’t
- Rivalries
- Come Here Often?
- Chamberlain Waits
and by the way..nice that The Menzingers decided to put the song that was responsible for the album’s name at the end of the album and not as obviously common on position one, especially as Chamberlain Waits is a ballad and definitely not prestigious for the album and would have given a wrong impression of the rest.
Unfortunately The Menzingers didn’t tour mainland Europe this year. They only played concerts in the UK and when the UK dates were published it was told that they would play mainland Europe, so I didn’t get a UK ticket for a show. Hopefully I’ll get the chance to see them play live in 2011.