Tuesday 30 November 2010

Featured Album: Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys - My Chemical Romance

Now, we know that we're supposed to be super-cool and only love bands that haven't made it big, but we're also paid (wait, actually... oh, we've been told it's just a phrase) to be unexpected. We're not ashamed to admit our love for My Chemical Romance, or the brilliance that is their newest album - but we know it's not to everyone's taste. To that, we'd ask what band or artist is?

We digress.

Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys has been jammed - literally - in the Tantrum CD player to give it the retro feel it inexplicably has. Overseen by Dr Death-Defying, it sees the Killjoys doing what they're asked to in opening track Look Out Sunshine; make some noise.

A 14 track riot ensues, latest single Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na) kicking off the musical side of things - and there has been no better opener to an album in as we can remember.

In an album full of anthems, tracks of note include Planetary (Go!), Destroya, and bonus track Vampire Money. That said, a recent birthday has put us in mind to adopt The Kids From Yesterday as our anthem - a song that will resonate with anyone over the age of 18, and chanted by those who can see it in their future.

Long awaited by the legions of devoted fans, put simply Danger Days is a triumph. Pull on your neon coloured leather gloves, dig the water pistol out of the drawer, and be fucking fabulous - then maybe you can be a Killjoy too. Frankly, there's nothing we'd like more.



Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys by My Chemical Romance - available now.