The Living End – Shift
This reviewer has been a fan of The Living End since high school, when their words were poignant and their energy uniquely fired up the limbs.
A few years and albums later, their lyrics and music still manage the mix of poetic and realistic that listeners have come to love from The Living End.
This is a band whose musical maturation has not been quite so surprising as others, naturally progressing through rhythms that echo their style and yet are different album to album.
Admittedly it takes a couple of tracks before that echo rings loudly enough for the ear of a fan to pick it up, Shift is a nostalgic introduction to new music and it is a good one.
The energy of The Living End continues to play, and fans of the band should be joined by new listeners in enjoying their most recent work. (SP)
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