Comments on: Tim Armstrong “Wake Up” (Side One, Track One)

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:05:05 +0000

The first time I heard this album I didn’t think twice about it and didn’t really care for it. Months later, I needed a good pick me up and realized I hadn’t heard it in a while and I absolutely love all of Armstrong’s work. So I put it on and it became an instant part of my rotation. It’s simplistic while staying brilliant, where the poetry lies in knowing what he’s talking about and trying to say without him needed to ever actually say it. It’s remarkably more poetic than most musicians who are labeled as poets due to it’s easy going style yet underlying context to every song. Very reminiscent of Joe Strummer’s work with the Mescalaros in how it contrasts his work with The Clash yet doesn’t fall short for a single note.

By: cap'n scurvy

cap'n scurvy — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:17:39 +0000

didnt know what to expect, took a bit of listening, but have grown to love this. especially wake up, into action grates on me considerably now.
i think the simplicity is part of the charm. in my car, hungover, drifting off to sleep or getting drunk. this album makes me smile.

if you like it check out the aggrolites.

By: vince s hguhley

vince s hguhley — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 19:26:08 +0000

i like tim armstrong. sounds like this is the first time that he address his break up from brody dahl. I caught his video on imf.com, the international music feed. they have a decnt catalog of music from artist all ’round the world.

By: Chris DeLine

Chris DeLine — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 00:03:47 +0000

Not bad all around, but…

I was, and still am, a bit hard pressed in terms of listening to the album the entire CD all the way through due to its repetitiveness. Sure, one could say that for the most part, thematic statements aside, much of ska and reggae is repetitive, but this sort of melded together as tracks progressed. I too was expecting more of a harder sound (what has Armstrong done that hasn’t at least touched on it?) though I wasn’t entirely distressed by the result.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 23:52:20 +0000

Picked up his album a few weeks back. I hadn’t heard anything off of it before. I was expecting some heavy punkish stuff which I like. Instead I got mellow reggaeish stuff which I also like. Pretty good cd.