Urgh.. hearing everyone talk about how they already have this album is rough.. I've literally preordered this record from three different spots hoping it'd come early. No such luck. Anyway, I've seen a youtube video of them playing Thunderbolts! live and it sounded killer. How's it sound on record?
this shouldn't have to be said but if you like this and haven't listened to latterman change that now
Listening to this yesterday I couldn't help but smile, gave me the same feelings Latterman did in high school and they manage to do it while feeling totally genuine, one of the most likeable albums in this genre in a long time imo
Instant classic imo, I really don’t know if you could possibly be any more of a portrait of what I love about music
There are plenty of bands of this ilk who put out wonderful music, but Iron Chic might be the best at it. Between this and the Lillingtons, today is a killer day for A+ punk rock.
This band does for me what Weezer did for me back in high school with the difference being this band has only gotten better while Weezer lost it after Pinkerton. I must have listened to this new album 20+ times since it became available and Invisible ink probably 30+. So damned good! Lyrics below, pulled from a review site. A HEADACHE WITH PICTURES Got my feet on the street And my head in the clouds It ain’t easy to sleep When you’re spinning around I got an ocean of grief Just pouring down on me It comes without warning I hope that I can keep it… …Down on my luck And there’s none around Yeah it’s stupid as fuck And I know how it sounds Must’ve been a relief Getting rid of me Must feel so much lighter Now that you’ve been unbound – Now I know What emptiness is So I’ll go it alone Too fucking tired to bother To dial the phone I’m still mourning The life that I left behind – You wanna settle the score Well I’m tryin‘ Who’s selling self control Cuz I’m buyin‘ Now I know Now I know it all Now I know It ain’t easy to live When you’re dyin‘ MY BEST FRIEND (IS A NIHILIST) It’s hard to be a human being How can we? When we’re not quite sure What being human means Should I let it die? Or push those thoughts aside? They never mattered anyway – It’s like driving a runaway hearse And I cant stop I just I make things worse Come on And take the wheel from me And put me outta my misery You were crying When I sang the words I won’t see you in hell If I get there first I’m tearing at the seams But If anyone can dream Then I can – Are we alive? When the fear subsides Does it even matter anyway? – It’s been a long ride Feels like such a long time May as well just shut my eyes I’ve been asleep for half my life But I’m awake now I make mistakes and I make em loud Make em big so they shake the ground And now I’m making up for it YOU CAN’T STAY SAFE You can forgive your enemies Be strong for the ones you love Have grace and humility It’s just easier to give up You can’t stay safe And you can’t stay here You can start losing everything Be scared of what’s to come Say a prayer with a melody Just breathing is hard enough You can’t stay safe And you can’t stay here You can’t fake a memory Be careful with what you love Have faith in humanity It’s easier said than done You can’t stay safe You can’t stay here LET’S. GET. DANGEROUS. You were a wide eyed kid With failure Drilled into your head And what’s fucked up is You went and got used to it You got blindsided Caught in a loop That never ends It’s like a wound That never mends You went and made peace with it – There’s a story told As old as time itself We both know life is temporary It’s the pain you feel The zeal when steel Meets flesh History writes the rest And that’s oh so dangerous – You know how it is Know how you’ll die But never when When you’re the type That never bends You just gotta break to bits – Worth its weight in gold Your soul just sold itself We both know life is kinda scary And the fear it wields That pierces through your chest You know it never left And that’s oh so dangerous THUNDERBOLTS! We’re In the shadows throwing rocks That land upon a window pane Somewhere close a window breaks And broken glass lets in the rain We run and hide While we bide our time We whisper in the dark Give us one more try – Imagine our surprise When the darkness answered back While we bide our time We whisper in the dark Give us one more try – Imagine our surprise When the darkness answered back – We’re not finished here Don’t walk into that light Cant let them hear Hear us screaming for our lives We don’t play fair No we don’t play at all We walk the edge And never fall – We broke our bones We sank like stones Drank our toast Here’s to never coming home PLANES, CHEST PAINS, AND AUTOMOBILES Here on earth Where we serve our terms And it hurts like hell But we do it well I know that I’ve been thinking Some awful things about this place I can’t live without it Though I can’t change How I feel about it – I know that you know There might be something off But you can’t put your finger on it And it feels so cold but I I’m sweating bullets You know that I know There’s really something wrong When your heart stops beating it’s been so long and I I just keep on forgetting – We’re Here on earth And we make it work It burns like hell But we’ll never tell You think that I’ve been sinking Into a dark and distant place And I don’t doubt it I just can’t seem to do a thing about it – I know that you know If there really was a god He could put a fucking end to this But that’s a ghost story that I I just can’t believe in You know that I know There’s really something wrong When your heart stops beating But it’s been so long and I I just keep on forgetting GOLGOTHA You can’t hold much When you break everything you touch Even time’s fine sands seem to blister and pop as they Turn to glass In your hands But you hang on tight You’re holding on for your life Just hoping you’ll get it right Just hold on for one more night It’s a new day When It Breaks it breaks all the way Little pieces all across the state Really shows the years on your face Close your eyes trust in every step you take As we clear a path to your grave It’s calling out to you – Then we’re met with silence Like a bomb It’s a calm kind of violence And I have my doubts That we’ll make it out of life alive So it rots inside us So cool But cruel and mindless Just speak out loud And bring yourself back to life – But You can’t say much When you speak The words turn to dust Just hoping that you can trust I’m holding on to you PROFANE GEOMETRY Planning a vacation In unmapped constellations I’ve seen them in a dream A thousand permutations Adjust my calculations But never what I mean And nothing’s what it seems – When the walls start bleeding That’s a curse worth repeating My palms get sweaty Yeah I’m fucked up already The whole world’s drowning in my fist A long way from innocent It makes sense When you look at it that way – It’s a one man operation A no-win situation A panoramic scene Complex computations And the strictest regulations Couldn’t change the things I’ve seen they might tell me what it means – When the walls start bleeding That’s a curse worth repeating My heart feels heavy But it’s still pounding steady The whole world’s getting beat to shit No such thing as innocence Things end and we’re heading for that day – My palms get sweaty My heart feels heavy Long way from innocent No such thing as innocence INVISIBLE INK I think I know what’s real Sometimes I have my doubts If I were sure well then What would I dream about There’s a poetry In the lies that spill from our mouths But the truth that we hold inside Is gonna start slipping out – We heard that life Had something in store But it’s coming up short And we’re begging for more Death’s sweet kiss Was a bullet that missed us We’re not giving up Just thinking wishful Spend the night Face down on the floor Just gasping for air Until we can’t anymore But Death’s sweet bliss Is just a whisper Just a whisper – I might just disappear I’m so close to freaking out Theres a hole in me And I’m just finding out RUINOUS CALAMITY Alone with the thoughts in my head They’re buzzing like flies again Swarming this corpse of a man That’s all I am And all that I’ve ever been The how and the why and the when It’s all I know And knowing’s a curse in itself – Yeah I just don’t know what to do I can lie to myself But I can’t lie to you When all our dreams are dead I’ll start living again I’ll start telling the truth – I’d like be sleeping instead But this floor isn’t soft like a bed It’s all I know And knowing’s a means to an end – As hard as I try to pretend This is all I am And all that I will be again TO SHREDS YOU SAY? It’s been a long hard year Started fine but it ends in tears One down We’re that much deader This one ain’t shaping up much better It ain’t done with me It ain’t done with me Setting sail for some nasty weather Same old shit just a little bit wetter And it ends right here Burst into flames when the sun appears Cause you’re done with we Yeah you’re done with me – I was wrong when I thought you might Somehow always be in my life You’d hold on to me And never let go Now Home feels like a prison cell It’s my own special kind of hell I’ve got the key But nowhere to go – Now one thing is clear I’m face to face with my greatest fear I’m a stone Baby you’re a feather Just leave me in the ground forever And don’t mind me Yeah don’t mind me – I was wrong and you were right You gave me the best years of my life I’ll hold on to these Hold on to these Hold on to these And never let go – I was playing with matches Now I sift through the ashes It’s cold now The fire’s out I might never be warm again And the rain comes to wash it down worse to burn than it is to drown Let the cool water Fill my lungs And I won’t have to breathe again – Like a ship on the ocean floor That couldn’t quite make the shore the storm that brought me down Still thunders above my head I think back to where I was Safe and dry on the land above I could’ve stayed there forever but all things come to an end