So, the story goes that Paul Hiraga holed himself up in a woodland studio to craft a fresh batch of songs and had the framework for the fourth Downpilot album in a mere week and with minimal assistance from his fellow band mates. The pressure was on, after all, to deliver something special to match the success of the previous album after tracks from it were used on 'One Tree Hill.'
And so Downpilot present 'New Great Lakes', an object lesson in introverted, serious and wincingly sincere acoustic balladry, the kind of stuff that middle-class adolescent douchebags loll around to while feeling angsty and anguished, ponderous and deep, man....yeah. It's moody and introspective and boasts suitably moody and introspective titles as 'Desolation Pass'; 'Through Your Lines'; 'Rosebud of the Plain' and 'NY Storms'.
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Not being a middle-class adolescent douchebag with a propensity for lolling around to while feeling angsty and anguished, ponderous and deep, I find 'New Great Lakes' wearisome, pretentious and wanky.
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