Distractions [Vinyl] [EP]

The Loved Ones | Format: Vinyl

Product Details

• Vinyl (March 17, 2009)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: EP
• Label: Fat Wreck Chords
• ASIN: B001N2O2JE
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #769,167 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5.0 out of 5 stars She was Distracted!....lost her sense of urgency tonight..., February 8, 2010

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Brian Fortin - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Distractions (Audio CD)

Great CD/EP.

Can't wait until their next one comes out.

Solid, honest, wear you heart on your sleeve rock.

Bought a few of their other CD's.

Just picked up Distractions to tide me over until the next full length CD.

5.0 out of 5 stars placeholder?, October 24, 2009

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D. J. REINHOLDT "BrewtownRat" (Milwaukee, WI US of A) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Distractions (Audio CD)

sure it feels like a bit of a placeholder betwen proper records, but that doesn't mean it's not killer just like previous records by the band.

some people simply don't want a band to grow, and i think that's what's going on here.

to me, it seems like that the Loved Ones have kept all of their agression and drive and just added more variety to their sound.

great covers of Springsteen and Strummer songs here as well.

definitely pick this one up.

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2.0 out of 5 stars A talented band, that seems to get worse with each release, October 19, 2009

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Arilitt "Chris Skabla" (bensalem, pa USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Distractions (Audio CD)

The Loved Ones- Distractions.

1. Distracted- 7/10

2. Last Call- 7/10

3. Spy Diddley- 8/10

4. Johnny 99- 5/10

5. Lovers Town Revisited- 6/10

6. Coma Girl- 4/10

With each release The Loved Ones have lowered the bar. Their Demo and First EP were great. They were raw and showed quite a bit of promise. Their follow up full length Keep Your Heart was a bit heavy on the production side, and needlessly rerecorded songs from the Demo and first EP, but was still solid. And the last Full Length Build and Burn well let's just say I didn't like it. Let's start with the first track, Distracted. It's a solid opening track. I could do without the organ, but Dave Hause has been taking this band in the direction of Billy Bragg and Bruce Springsteen. The second track Last Call starts out with a lot of energy, but again is held back by the use of a piano and a keyboard. Around the 2 minute mark there is a 15 second keyboard break that is totally pointless that is followed by a great chord progression. This song had some serious promise. The third track Spy Diddley is easily the best song on the CD. It has a good chord progression, which is reminiscent of the Keep Your Heart LP. The fourth track Johnny 99 is either a blatant rip off or Homage to Bruce Springsteen and Billy Bragg. It depends on your point of view. Either way it just doesn't work. The fifth track Lovers Town Revisited feels uninspired. It's barely better than average. The final track Coma Girl is the token uninspired end of the record acoustic song. So many bands fall into this rut. The first half of this EP was solid, but the backend just kills it. If you rate the album on a song by song basis it gets a 62%. If you factor in the intangibles like song order, flow, and how the back half of the album falls into the ocean the album loses points. I would give it a 57%