Alkaline Trio
"Maybe I'll Catch Fir"
© Asian Man
November 26 - 02, 2023
Year of Release: 1999
Rating:
Keep 'Em Coming
Madam Me
You've Got So Far To Go
Fuck You Aurora
Sleepyhead
Maybe I'll Catch Fire
Tuck Me In
She Took Him To The Lake
5-3-10-4
Radio
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Alkaline Trio is a punk rock band from Chicago. Formed in 1996, the band has released ten albums. Their second album
of their career, Maybe I'll Catch Fire (1999) gets the nod this week for review. For this album, the bandmembers
of Alkaline Trio consisted of Matt Skiba (guitar, vocals), Dan Andriano (bass, vocals) and Glenn Porter (drums). Porter
would leave the band after this album, and was replaced by Mike Felumlee. (Bass player Andriano had replaced Rob Doran
previously.)
"Keep 'Em Coming" starts off the album, and has a good Punk Rock sound. Likewise, "Madam Me," which
has an almost sound as the early R.E.M.'s "It's The End Of The World As We Know It." "You've Got So Far To
Go" slows down the pace a bit, and in a good way. It's another good track. "Fuck You Aurora" (pardon the
language), is more of a Rock song than Punk. Again, it has a good sound. (Being from Chicago, my guess is the band
doesn't like the town of Aurora, Illinois.) "Sleepyhead" returns to the Punk Rock, vocals and all. This song
is somewhat good, however, there are other songs better than this one, thus far. The title track is also another
Punk-driven tune, and it is a bit better than the previous track, "Sleepyhead."
The Punk sound continues with "Tuck Me In," "She Took Him To The Lake" and "5-3-10-4," are they are
all fast-paced, just as other tunes here. Slowing down the pace on "Radio," it surely fits after listening to
the past three past-faced Punk tunes.
Other reviews of Maybe I'll Catch Fire - Mike DaRonco of Allmusic: He liked the album, but less than
the band's previous effort, 1998's Goddammit (their debut album). "Lyrically, Maybe I'll Catch Fire follows
in the footsteps of Goddammit, while staying true to the elaborate but emotional tone of aggressive pop-punk. Not
as essential as the Trio's previous efforts, but it would be difficult for any band to follow up album like
Goddammit." Interesting... Goddammit will be reviewed later, and curious to what DaRonco says about both
albums. We'll see if that stands true, when Goddammit gets reviewed here.
Alkaline Trio's Maybe I'll Catch Fire" has good tunes, in all Punk rock form. It has the common Punk Rock
sound, as heard from other Punk Rock groups, (Green Day comes to mind). The Maybe I'll Catch Fire has the
Pop/Punk sound, rather than the "speed" sound (as heard in Punk or speed metal.) A good album in all, if the Pop/Punk
sound you enjoy, Alkaline Trio's Maybe I'll Catch Fire will get repeated listening. Their latest album is
scheduled to be released in 2024 - Blood, Hair, And Eyeballs, their 10th studio album overall. And yes, this
album (and Goddammit) is from our "Goodwill Collection."
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