ALKALINE TRIO/SMOKING POPES – New Years Eve 2006 7″

This limited edition 7″ was given away at a show Alkaline Trio and the Smoking Popes played in Chicago on New Years Eve. Alkaline Trio has their song, “Off My Mind”, available for download on their myspace page.

OneLastCigarette: did you get a chance to listen to the alkaline trio/smoking popes 7″?
JCP001: yes
JCP001: one sec
JCP001: it’s good. i like the smoking pope’s version of that song better than the original.
JCP001: something kind of “off” in the alk trio version, y’know?
OneLastCigarette: that entire album(good mourning) has something wrong with it. the production is really out of whack. the bass is naturally too high. its static-y at some parts.
OneLastCigarette: some say it’s their worst album.
JCP001: i kind of agree
JCP001: it took A LOT of listens to like some of those songs
OneLastCigarette: it has it’s moments.
OneLastCigarette: did you notice the newly hatched irony in the line about all his favorite singers stealing all of his best lines?
JCP001: i like that the bassist and not Skiba sang the smoking popes cover
OneLastCigarette: i guess it made more sense. it would have been cooler if they did more songs, like they did with hot water music.
JCP001: true. especially since the popes are a chicago band that they profess love for.
OneLastCigarette: my theory on that is this: i’ve been hearing matt skiba talk about how he loves them in interviews for years and im sure they have too, but i doubt they ever gave a fuck until they decided to have a reunion tour. by then alkaline trio was too popular, and all they got was bayside for support.
JCP001: i remember the smoking popes from years ago. they had some big alternative hit, sounded like a smith’s song. people loved them
OneLastCigarette: i hear they were on the clueless movie sountrack
OneLastCigarette: i actually just got their stuff recently (smoking popes). its actually because he talked about them so much, then the reunion.
OneLastCigarette: i think alkaline trio is way better…
JCP001: smoking popes are softer, so not the same genre
OneLastCigarette: by sheer volume of relevant work, if nothing else.
OneLastCigarette: three-piece, three chords, fucked up lyrics, bald dudes. close enough.
JCP001: I think the popes got enough nostalgia factor going that people still like them a lot. I mean they’re not bad by any means but when they got back together people seemed to appreciated them more or their music or some crap. They were a band when I was in HS
OneLastCigarette: cred.
JCP001: Victory records put out a live album. they’re all about dudes in hoodies with skulls on them
JCP001: and beards
JCP001: and skull tattoos
JCP001: anyway, the 7″ is good if you have a turntable to listen to it.
JCP001: and you like the bands
OneLastCigarette: i hate victory records. brings to mind kids in girls jeans with an entire bottle of elmers in their hair.
JCP001: girls in pirate shirts
JCP001: with betty page tats
OneLastCigarette: fat dudes in eyeliner.
OneLastCigarette: like that band aiden. they’re on victory.
OneLastCigarette: or that band atreyu. they were on victory too. big jock dudes in eyeliner.
JCP001: ooh yeah. i’m looking at them now. takes some time to make yourself look that stupid
OneLastCigarette: …
OneLastCigarette: i think this release was a great idea but the replay value is pretty low. my sheer fanboyness pushes me toward a higher rating but i give it like a three.
OneLastCigarette: and i want a new alkaline trio album before any other treats.
JCP001: i agree. this is what bands do between albums.
OneLastCigarette: god forbid they record an album or something.
JCP001: they may need satan’s blessing before they do
OneLastCigarette: they’ve had four members and around the same number of successful releases. maybe they’re out of souls.
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