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After the 2005 album "Resolve", which mainly dealt with the suicide of founding member Derrick Plourde, there was silence from the Californians. Joey Cape occasionally released records with other bands, but LAGWAGON was on ice. However, in recent years, the ice has slowly begun to thaw, and Joey Cape and his LAGWAGON guys were at least seen live again. I was even more delighted when it was announced that a new LAGWAGON album would be released after 9 years! And those years have not passed without impact on Joey Cape. Unfortunately, this time he has to sing about a deceased friend. Just the day before, Joey Cape was on stage with Tony Sly (R.I.P. => Tony Sly Memorial Fund => www.tonysly.org), and now he has summarized his feelings in "One More Song" about his best friend.
However, "One More Song" is not the only painful song on "Hang". The album starts with the one-minute heart-wrenching song "Burden Of Proof". "Reign" as the second song is also darker than what LAGWAGON is known for from the 90s. With the over 6-minute long "Obsolete Absolute" and the following 9 songs, this darkness continues in the tracks, while they also pound out of the speakers with a damn hard and uncompromising sound.
LAGWAGON2014 have little in common with LAGWAGON199x. The songs are not only about loss and aging but also about betrayal, environmental destruction, and exploitation. So everything is different than it once was....
but I like LAGWAGON2014....
"Hang" shows more than just feelings.....
"Hang" tries to find answers!
And even though I don't have a booklet (which usually means a point deduction), "Hang" is for me the album of autumn 2014, deep, heavy, and full of impressions. "Hang" is certainly also a way for Joey Cape to vent everything....
