Album Reviews
Only five months removed from their debut album, ‘Overthinking Everything,’ Chicago’s Footballhead is already back with ‘Before I Die’. Not sure if 7 songs make it an EP or an LP, so let’s go with a mini album instead. ‘Before I Die’ was once again mixed and engineered by the band’s own Snow Ellet and mastered by Jesse Cannon (Basement, The Menzingers, Saves The Day, Somos) and is out now on Tiny Engines.
On ‘Before I Die,’ the band around Ryan Nolen still looks back longingly at the alt-rock that ruled the airwaves in the late 90’s/early 00’s. Think Third Eye Blind, a bit of Smashing Pumpkins along with some pop-punk touches to spruce things up. If those bands don’t ring any bells, just think of Basement, Joyce Manor and Oso Oso instead.
Just like on the band’s debut, things sound amazing. All of the songs come with a sense of instant familiarity and the band sounds like they have been effortlessly dishing out hits for years.
Lacking the talent to actually play in a band, Tom decided he would write about bands instead. Turns out his writing skills are mediocre at best as well.
