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CRIMSON
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Chicago’s Alkaline Trio have had a tough year that’s included the "Rock Against Bush" tour and, according to the band’s bio, a couple of skateboarding accidents. On the plus side, they signed punk producer extraordinaire Jerry Finn of Green Day and Blink-182 to helm the sessions for what could be a breakthrough album. Crimson is charged with classic sneering, spiked-leather-jacket Johnny Rotten punk rawk and bolstered by a more grown-up attitude than the band had when they emerged back in ’97. "I used to long for broken bones," guitarist Matt Skiba sings on the melodic rocker "Mercy Me." "I used to long for a casket to call my own." The upbeat "Your Neck" is a punk-pop confection with a prickly center: "She came with sterile warnings/Screaming from her place/Singing ‘I wanna make you bleed.’ " Alkaline Trio split the difference between the neo-punk of Green Day and the charged emo of Jimmy Eat World to create a niche they can be proud to call their own. (Alkaline Trio headline next Thursday, June 23, at Avalon, 15 Lansdowne Street in Boston; call 617-228-6000.)
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