From Here To Infirmary

This mornings journey through the Donohoe CD’s is another Alkaline Trio Cd, From Here to Infirmary and if Fridays was a disappointment this certainly wasn’t. They actually sound like they mean it on this CD and it reminded me why I loved them in the first place, Stupid Kid and Private Eye being the stand out tracks and a CD that when it got to the end I was glad that it started again, really enjoyable. 8 out of 10.

Good Mourning

This mornings soundtrack to drive into work in the trek through my loosely alphabeticised CD’s was Good Mourning by The Alkaline Trio, a fairly enjoyable pop punk offering from a band that are likely to crop up a lot over the next week or two as I have a few albums by them. I do quite like the band a few years ago I really liked them but what struck me about this album and I think it is their thing, but what struck me was the cartoon fascination with murder and horror, other bands do it, notably in our house The Horrorpops and The Cramps, but it seems relistening to The Alkaline Trio, it becomes their schtick and formulaic. All in all a good album though and nice to relisten. 6 out of 10.