Millencolin - For Monkeys (1997)

Ja, hun stijl blijft hetzelfde. Zeer aanstekelijke muziek, op dit album met een scherper randje.

Vind ik het sterkste album van de sterkste skatepunkgroep. Daarom trek ik dat sterrengemiddelde de hoogte in.

In het openingsnummer Puzzle stelt Millencolin meteen hun album voor. Alsof ze alle interviews over hun album in die tijd (ondertussen al 11 jaar) overbodig maken. En jacom, zoals je kunt horen/lezen: zijzelf vinden het toch meer poppy-pushy dan de albums ervoor. Whatever it might be, it's still softcore...

Here we are again with another bunch of soft songs
maybe you are wondering why it took us so long
with a schedule tight, studiotime in sight
we have mostly been out touring
inspiration has been hard this time and honestly
I've had some problems with all these rhymes

We're under stress again, but it has always been that way
and once we get it right, then I know it's there to stay
We're under stress again, but we're used to all that now
it's always tough at first but somehow we always end up fine

Third album, less of ska and not so many fast ones
more of poppy, pushy songs, those that we do best now
nine to five at Unisound in January '97
we had the greatest time, with Dan as engineer
now the outcome is what you hear

If you're lonely or if you're happy
feeling swell or feeling blue, we might have a tune for you
it's about half of an hour, maybe less or maybe more
whatever it might be it's still softcore

Ik vond dit vroeger echt helemaal geweldig... lekkere vrolijke punk muziek.
Ik had nog een vhs live video van ze, die was altijd fijn om op te zetten.

Op dit album vind ik de beste nummers; Lozin Must (voor mij de nummer 1), Twenty two en black gold