Corporate Line: With the aptly-titled sophomore effort Commitment, Chicago’s Lucky Boys Confusion hit the ground running in an unapologetic yet melodic look at life from behind a microphone, guitar amp, or drum kit. It is a defining moment for any hard working band that’s ever picked up an instrument or packed into a van and hit the road. In the two and a half years since their Elektra debut Throwing the Game, the toils of life on the road have seasoned the group – a run of 250-plus shows in 2001 and hundreds more in the subsequent years has made this determined young band grow up quickly. Memorable stints with everyone from Something Corporate to The Juliana Theory to Blackeyed Peas to Bowling For Soup and even turn on the Warped Tour ensured this resilient fivesome their reputation, but it is their willingness to grow as songwriters that guarantees a bright future for Lucky Boys Confusion.
The Good:
You can search, but you shall not find.
The Average:
“Hey Driver” – LBC wants so bad to be another punk rock band that we talk about, yet they are just a little too uninteresting.
“Mr. Wilmington” – A message in a song that is painful to hear.
“Sunday Afternoon” – Sugar Ray made reggae work for them, not here.
The Ugly:
Bored yet?
Frankly: Punk rock isn’t about selling us a melody and some barre chords. LBC would like us to think that it is. I’m not interested in buying what they are selling so save your dough because you can’t return it later when you realize just how weak it is.
+ Rae Gun
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