The Dollyrots - Because I'm Awesome (2007) [Japanese version with Bonus tracks] RESTORED

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The Dollyrots - Because I'm Awesome (2007) [Japan]
FLAC+CUE+LOG or MP3 CBR 320 | 47:31 min | 362 or 107 MB
Japanese version with Bonus tracks | Radtone Music / Media Factory, Inc.

For the Dollyrots, the first time was the charm, as the Los Angels-based band's debut, Eat My Heart Out, knocked it right out of the park, with their high-profile TV spots and several weeks on the 206 Vans Warped Tour. Kelly, Luis and Chris are poised to strike even harder with this follow-up full-length. Recorded over the past year with producers Jacques Watt (the Soviettes) and John Fields (who produced the band's debut), Because I'm Awesome promises to pack a more potent punch from start to finish, broadening the Dollyrots scope in both message and music.

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Having generated a significant buzz with their debut on the scrappy indie Lookout Records, the Dollyrots got snagged by Joan Jett and added to her own Blackheart label. Knowing that much about their history, their sophomore album is pretty much what you'd expect: it's the same tight, gleefully snotty bubblegum punk as what you heard on Eat My Heart Out, except maybe just a bit bigger and just a bit sonically fuller this time around – par for the course when a band like this starts to mature and gets the budget of an established label behind it. If you loved their debut album (and you did), then you'll love Because I'm Awesome at least as much – in part because of the ironic whimsy of the title track, in part because of the scorched-earth political patter song "A Desperate S.O.S.", in part because of the absolute crunchy perfection of "17", and in part because of the band's exhilarating appropriation of Melanie's 1970 bubblegum classic "Brand New Key". You might lose interest for a minute during the willfully goofy "Cat Calling", but you won't wander very long before being snapped back to attention… Spectacular.

~ Rick Anderson, all media guide