{"id":2494,"date":"2021-03-02T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/?p=2494"},"modified":"2021-03-01T09:11:01","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T08:11:01","slug":"new-album-state-drugs-live-laugh-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/02\/new-album-state-drugs-live-laugh-love\/","title":{"rendered":"New album: State Drugs || Live. Laugh. Love."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With so much music coming out weekly (daily!), it&#8217;s easy to overlook records that demand a little bit more attention to fully appreciate. Live. Laugh. Love by State Drugs is such an album. Although the music spoke to me immediately, I was underwhelmed at first, perhaps due to the somewhat understated way of singing by the band&#8217;s frontman. I am happy that I gave the record another try though, because it contains premium quality midpaced punkrock, with fine guitar work and songs that increasingly get under your skin. The band operates somewhere between the altpop of the Lemonheads and the melodic punkrock of Samiam, most noticably on songs like <em>Goonies<\/em> or <em>Threat Level Midnight, <\/em>two of my early favorites on the record. Give this one a spin. No, scratch that. Give this one a couple of spins. You won&#8217;t regret it.<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=3924182172\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=de270f\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/snappylittlenumbers.bandcamp.com\/album\/live-laugh-love\">Live. Laugh. 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