I've read reviews that categorize DEAR LANDLORD as a pop punk band. And since I tend to shy way from most bands that fall into that category, I'm gonna refrain from labeling this band at all. What Ill do instead is paint a little picture. Imagine yourself being kicked in the stomach by an ex-girlfriend. You drop to the ground. And as your lying there curled up in a fetal position, she kneels down besides you. She tells you how sorry she is for doing what she just did. She caresses your face and wipes the beads of sweat off your forehead. As she leans in to offer what you expect to be a kiss, she head butts you straight in the fuckin nose. As you choke on the blood that pours down the back of your throat you can see out the corner of your eye, the image of a woman laughing. You close your eyes and when you wake up you realize that it was nothing more than a fucked up dream. Those are the exact moods this record accomplishes to evoke. A roller coaster ride of emotion throughout it's entirety.
On a more tangible note, DEAR LANDLORD definitely has that Midwest, sing-a-long, punkrock sound. Its a sound thats hard to describe, but you know it when you hear it. Whether theyve inherited that style intentionally or subconsciously is an answer the world may never come to know. What the world just might come to know however, is that DEAR LANDLORD is band with substance. Every song on this record is a pseudo-anthem filled with empowering and empathetic subject matter; accompanied by a complimentary selection of chorus lines, breakdown, and r-r-r-riffs.
The band is comprised of two-parts RIVETHEAD and two-parts COPYRIGHT. The first band being based out of Minneapolis, Minnesota, the latter hailing out of Carbondale, Illinois. Thus, that Midwest sound.
DREAM HOMES is the bands first full-length release and if they can keep their bond together long enough to write another record, Dear Landlord just might find themselves under a microscope of mainstream acceptance. And then I'll hate em. Killer record folks. Check it. - Brian James/ Dope Sick Radio
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