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Sum 41 - Screaming Bloody Murder
The 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.
