If You Make It

Albums

Down in the Dumps - Dumps Luck

Listen to the T-Rex:
1. pipe dreams 2. I hate myself but I dont want to die 3. ex-brothers & ex-lovers* 4. raggedy anne 5. farmingvillians 6. 95 7. if green day had the guts 8. pint glass dance 9. can of worms 10

Dumps Luck sounds like a gravelly version of what once was pop punk like if someone took a CD of a pop punk band and then backed over it with a pick up truck. They have a catchiness buried under a thick coating of grit, grim, and sounds from the gutter. Under the sludge there's an enthusiasm to the whole CD that is infectious, and also a slight sarcasm that was once a standard for bands of this genre. "I hate myself but I don't want to die," declares a self-loathing yet funny at the same time. Dumps have got something here drawing inspiration from all things good from Jeff Ott, especially Chrimpshrine and Fifteen. - KissOfDeath