Sum 41 - Screaming Bloody Murder
Written by Nicholas Jennings    PDF Print E-mail

Sum 41 - Screaming Bloody MurderThe pop-punk band’s 2004 album Chuck was inspired by the Congolese war. Here, Sum 41 frontman Deryck Whibley finds inspiration in his divorce from Avril Lavigne. “Take the pictures off the wall, erase the thoughts, forget them all,” he sings on the piano-laced “All Comes to an End,” while on “Exit Song” he laments “there’s nothing left to say, cause you don’t want to try and I don’t want the pain.” Happily, Whibley’s pain has led to some refreshing vulnerability in his songs and the band’s most grown-up album to date.


Add this page to your favorite Social Bookmarking websites
Reddit! Del.icio.us! Mixx! Free and Open Source Software News Google! Live! Facebook! StumbleUpon! TwitThis Joomla Free PHP
 

Reviews

News image

The English Beat - The Complete Beat

2012 | Administrator | Monday, 9 July 2012

Birmingham’s multiracial Beat, led by Dave Wakeling and Ranking Roger, boasted one of the most infectious sounds of the early ’80s, a joyous blend of ska, reggae and pop. This...

News image

U2 Achtung Baby - 20th Anniversary Edition

2011 | Administrator | Wednesday, 2 November 2011

One of the most iconic rock bands of all time, U2 might never have reached the Nineties had it not been for the group’s seventh album. After its massive success...

News image

Cher - Icon

2011 | Administrator | Thursday, 13 January 2011

Few artists have achieved success in both music and movies more assuredly than Cher. Her career is a classic rags-to-riches story. Born Cherilyn Sarkisian to an Armenian-American truck driver and...

News image

Wilson Phillips - Dedicated

2012 | Administrator | Monday, 16 April 2012

Anyone who saw Bridesmaids knows the ladies in Wilson Phillips are back. Here, the daughters of Beach Boy Brian Wilson Mamas and Papas John and Michelle Phillips pay tribute to...

Features

News image

The Midway State - From Riches to Rags and Back Again

2011 | Administrator | Wednesday, 31 August 2011

Nathan Ferraro doesn’t seem the least bit bitter—which is surprising, given everything he’s been through. In fact, the affable, afro-haired frontman exudes all the serenity of a Buddhist monk, as he sits in a Toronto café...

News image

Hey Rosetta! - Literary songwriting worth yelling about

2012 | Administrator | Sunday, 4 March 2012

Tim Baker has a problem. As frontman for Newfoundland’s Hey Rosetta!, one of Canada’s fastest-rising, hardest-working bands, he is touring for nine months of the year, performing concerts on three continents. Trouble is, Baker is also...

News image

The Messengers

2013 | Administrator | Wednesday, 13 March 2013

For Adam Messinger and Nasri Atweh, success has come from having the right songs at the right time.             Within a month of relocating to Los Angeles from Toronto in 2007, the songwriting-producing duo known as...

News image

The Sadies

2013 | Administrator | Wednesday, 5 June 2013

Dallas and Travis Good have worked with Neil Young, author Margaret Atwood, Randy Bachman, Buffy Sainte-Marie and actor Gordon Pinsent. But it was another Canadian icon—one with whom they’ve yet to collaborate—who offered some crucial wisdom....