The Distillers - Sing Sing Death House

Solvent is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!

I never acually bought this import. But I downloaded the bonus track Solvent, and let me say, It is so awesome! It's one of The Distillers' heaviest songs. It deffidently sounds like something off of Sing Sing Death House(the best Distillers album). For those of you that don't know, Solvent was a song that Brody's old band, Sourpuss, did. It's awesome! I've now heard pretty much every original Distillers song(including Cincinatti). I suggest you start looking for a site where you can download this masterpiece of a song. The only bad thing about it is that it keeps me wondering as to why it wasn't included in the American version of Sing Sing Death House. Oh well. I have it now. It's a great song! May 28, 2006

Probably My Favorite CD Ever

Ever since the beginning of 2006(which wasn't really that long ago) The Distillers have been my favorite band. I am really glad I bought 2002's Sing Sing Death House first. This is pretty much the album that not only made me a Distillers fan, but a punk fan. I didn't get into real punk rock until I got this CD. What an album to start my listening!
I guess I should probably point out this band's(well this lineup of the band) talent: Brody is an amazing singer. Alot better than other "punk" singers like jorge of the casualties and other cookie monster screaming fools. Yeah Brody screams alot, but at least it doesn't sound unintelligentable, at least not as much as other screamers.
Casper is good for a punk guitarist. She's always thinking of cool instrumentals.
I really like Ryan Sinn's bass work. It's ALOT better than his not even noticeable bass in angels and airwaves.
LAst, but deffidently not least, Andy Outbreack. One of the best punk drummers ever. He was without a doubt the best drummer the band ever had.
I guess I'll review the tracks now.
1.Sick Of It All
5/5 They could not have picked a better song to open the album with. It goes from fast to slow to fast again perfectly.
2.I Am A Revenant
5/5 This is probably my favorite song on the album and may in fact be my favorite song of all time. It's dark, fast, and just overflows with perfect-ness (I know, dumb phrase lol). I love the lyrics, hell I love everything about this song.
3.Seneca Falls
5/5 This was actually my favorite for a little while. It's lighter and a bit happier than the previous tracks. Overall it's another great song.
4.The Young Crazed Peeling
4.5/5 This song was picked as the first single. Not quite as good as the previous tracks, but it's also really good.
5.Sing Sing Death House
5/5 This song is extremely angry. Sometimes I feel like a death house too...
6.Bullet & The Bullseye
4.5/5 Really short and to the point song.
7.City Of Angels
4/5 Probably the only song on the album that I can call overrated(since the album as a whole is pretty underrated). It's still good, don't get me wrong.
8.Young Girl
5/5 Really great one. It starts like a balled type song, then goes into a cool punk rocker. The message is a bit serious though.
9.Hate Me
5/5 It's be a crime to not like this song! haha
Anyway, this is a REALLY great song. Brody's screaming from the ceiling of her lungs. I wonder how she can do it.
10.Desperate
4.5/5 Good one. It's lowered half a star since the "1234 this is a war" thing gets a bit annoying.
11.I Understand
4.5/5 Another cool song. The subject matter gives it a half star.
12.Lordy Lordy
5/5 Perfect track to finish this amazing album. It sounds a bit country at times. haha but it's still awesome.

Well I hope this review is helpful. If you think modern punk sucks(which most of it does) pick this up, and you'll find a sanctuary. March 13, 2006

A great modern punk album!

I'm not usually the biggest fan of modern punk -- most of the punk cds in my collection are from the late 70's and early 80's -- but I absolutely love this album. The Distillers are loud and angry, but are very capable of writing catchy songs. Brody's a fantastic frontwoman for this band, with her gritty voice and really solid lyricism. I saw the Distillers play a few years ago at Lollapalooza, and they play hard, too! Every song is good on the CD, but my favorites are "That Crazed Young Peeling" and "City of Angels". January 24, 2006

hell yeah!!!!

From the moment i put it in my cd player its never been further from the pile and i doubt its ever been in the box. One of my freinds told me to listen to The Distillers and ever since ive been jammin along with them, he thinks Brody's sexy and frankly so do I. Sing sing death house has everything a punk album needs, all the power and energy of the guitars and Brody's voice makes it complete. It's been in my mums car for months and she says she hates it but it's still in there, if my frank sinatra loving mother can like it anybody can. Anybody who is into good music should try it, even if you do like power-pop, this is nothing like it, you'll love it. September 7, 2005

Oh. My. Goodness.

This is one of the few CDs I can listen to from track 1 to 12 without getting bored and changing the music; in fact, from the first 15 seconds of the first track ("Sick Of It All") I am hooked and therefore absolutely incapable of turning it off. This album ropes you in wholly and completely. It sends electric shocks through my body and makes me dance around my room like a big idiot and wish I could play the drums and scream as well as Brody can. An absolutely fantastic album, it's worth fifty times the price you pay. December 31, 2004

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