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Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace
The Offspring
Seeing that this is the band's first studio album in four years (their longest gap yet), expectations are high. Surely, if the band's taken such a long time off, they've devoted a lot of time into making it perfect, right?
Unfortunately, no. First impressions when listening to the album might include surprise, as this is easily The Offspring's slowest album yet. That however, isn't a bad thing. It's refreshing when a band moves to a new level. But, as a reviewer, I feel that one needs to give an album at least three listens, before judging it. In the case of Rise and Fall, Rage And Grace, by the time I finished the third round, I was sceptical about it, probably because of new producer Bob Rock (who was single-handely responsisble for the disastrous outcome of Metallica's St. Anger album).
Anyway, another two listens down the line, I was sure that over-produced melodies are definitely not what The Offspring are best known for.
Lyrically, they're still as good, musically, they're brilliant, it's just that technically, this album just didn't cut it.
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