Dirty Work is everything you would expect from the young pop-punk quartet. It’s fun, vibrant, energetic, and so damn catchy it’s near impossible not to get hooked.
The album kicks off in true party style with Do You Want Me (Dead?), a song that soars through chant worthy choruses sure to prompt raucous crowd sing-a-longs and a healthy dose of incessant pogoing. The party vibe continues with hit single I Feel Like Dancin’ (co-written with Rivers Cuomo of Weezer) – a title that undeniably rings true after listening to this album – through to anthemic numbers including Just The Way I’m Not, Forget About It and Heroes to name a few.
But it’s not all party-system-go on Dirty Work. The band have shown they’re capable of producing a more sophisticated and mature record, both musically and lyrically. Ballad-like numbers such as A Daydream Away and No Idea, show the band producing more in-depth, meaningful and heartfelt songs, contrasting greatly to their typical party animal attitude. Another surprise with this album is the step away from the formerly raw, cut-edge sound of All Time Low, into a more refined and somewhat synthetic sound - a sound we’re not used to hearing from this band. It seems they have chosen to take some risks this time around, and are experimenting with a range of different sounds. But this all adds to the excitement and fun of this album, giving it diversity. Besides, who wants to the same old thing over and over again anyway?
Dirty Work is a vibrant, energetic album, packed full of addictive, irresistible hooks and driving riffs, which give the album energy and drive. Despite the evident growth in maturity with this album, the ever witty and cheeky lyrics are unquestionably still within the mix, shown off particularly in Merry Christmas, Kiss My Ass – well, the title says it all doesn’t it. Indeed, these songs are no short of entertaining. Even though there’s a loss of pace slightly mid-way through, as the band launch into more sombre, ballad-like songs which leaves the album struggling to regain its former enthusiastic start, there’s no denying that Dirty Work has plenty of get-up-and-go, with charm, wit and charisma by the bucket load, making this album pretty damn hard to resist.
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