Search - Less Than Jake :: In With the Out Crowd

Long-time listener

Irvin Chen | 09/27/2007

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Alright, so LTJ hooked me and became my favorite band somewhere between Losing Streak and Hello Rockview, and the times I've seen them live have been amazing.



This new album has a definite new sound. I'm not saying that new sound is necessarily a bad thing. When Anthem first came along, I didn't give it much of a chance, but now I absolutely love it. Plastic Cup Politics is one of my favorite on the album, if not one of my favorite LTJ songs period.



The problem is, I don't think something like this is going to happen with In with the out crowd. I don't hate it, but it didn't live up to what I was hoping for. My excitement for a new LTJ album is always ridiculous, and this time it just didn't deliver the way LTJ has over the years. I'm not saying not to pick this one up, I'm just saying not to expect another Hello Rockview.



Right now I'm just replaying Borders and Boundaries and the other good ones in hopes that LTJ will come out with another album sometime soon. I have a feeling that when they do, they'll go back, at least a little bit, to their old sound. I'm basing this guess on how they refer to their new album at their live shows, always threatening to play something from IWTOC. They know the longtime fans aren't really into it as much, so maybe they'll do something about it."