The long-delayed second Agent Orange album isn't quite Living in Darkness part two, though it's little different from that album in many ways -- same nuclear-strength attack that's equal parts surf and punk intensity, catchy and threatening all at once.
That said, it's a strong album on its own, with the small changes in the basic sound meaning a lot in context.
For one thing, Palm stretches his singing voice more here than before, adding more of the reverb that helped flesh out earlier songs like "Somebody to Love." The results are delights like the opening two numbers, the creepily paranoid "Voices (In the Night)," and the equally psychotic poppy rave-up "It's In Your Head." His strong semi-spoken declamations still rule the roost in general, but tweaking the basic style just a bit pays off here as a result.
Musically, the band nails things as always and then ups the ante just that little bit more, as with the angular, new-wave-without-sounding-like-it verses on "Fire in the Rain," or the fragile acoustic/Byrdsy guitar on more than one track.
Levesque acquits himself nicely on bass, Miller pounds the skins just as well as the first time around (his rolling intro to the lengthy album centerpiece, "In Your Dreams Tonight" is a nice standout moment), and Palm, as always, is an underrated guitar god, combining power, precision and hooks just so.
The long-asked question, courtesy of the When You Least Expect It EP, as to where part one of "Bite the Hand That Feeds" went gets answered here; unlike the instrumental second part, part one is a bit slower and has ruminative lyrics to boot.
This never got quite as much as attention as Living, but it wasn't from lack of talent.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Voices (In the Night)James Levesque, Mike Palm | Agent Orange | Play | 02:23 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 2 | It's in Your HeadMike Palm | Agent Orange | Play | 02:58 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 3 | Say It Isn't TrueMike Palm | Agent Orange | Play | 02:48 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 4 | Fire in the RainMike Palm | Agent Orange | Play | 03:21 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 5 | In Your Dreams TonightJames Levesque, Mike Palm | Agent Orange | Play | 05:04 | 11 MB | 0 MB |
| 6 | Tearing Me ApartMike Palm | Agent Orange | Play | 03:12 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 7 | ...So StrangeMike Palm | Agent Orange | Play | 02:19 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 8 | Bite the Hand That Feeds, Pt. 1Mike Palm | Agent Orange | Play | 05:29 | 12 MB | 0 MB |
| 9 | I Kill SpiesMike Palm | Agent Orange | Play | 02:47 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 10 | This Is Not the EndMike Palm | Agent Orange | Play | 04:10 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 34 mins | 79 MB | |||||
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| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | James ? | Bass |
| 2 | Agent Orange | Cover Art Concept, Design, Primary Artist |
| 3 | Joe Chiccarelli | Mixing |
| 4 | Michael Hutchinson | Engineer, Producer |
| 5 | James Levesque | Composer |
| 6 | Mike | Guitar, Vocals |
| 7 | Mike Palm | Composer |
| 8 | Scott | Drums |
| 9 | Daniel VanPatten | Producer |
Agent Orange
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
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