Review → Lagwagon – I Think My Older Brother Used to Listen to Lagwagon EP (2008)
Lagwagon - I Think My Older Brother Used to Listen to Lagwagon EP
I thought that since my main critique of Joey Cape’s solo album was the songs that are repeated from Lagwagon’s 2008 EP, I Think My Older Brother Used to Listen to Lagwagon (hereafter shortened to Older Brother), it would be only fair to review that EP.
So Lagwagon took a break following the release/tour of their 2005 album Resolve, which was largely a tribute to their former drummer Derrick Plourde, who had committed suicide earlier in the year. Naturally, the band took the passing of their friend hard, and Joey Cape’s lyrics took on a darker tone. Some of the best albums of all time have been marked or inspired by personal tragedy (one jumps to my mind, a personal favorite: Eels’ Electro-Shock Blues).
But this isn’t about Resolve. It’s about the long-awaited follow-up.