- Become What You Believe
- This Is the Way
- 1999
- Deal With It
- Carry On
- Wake Me Up
- Can You Hear Me?
- The Stand
- Giving Up
- My Last Regret
Another formulaic punk album? Not so fast. Since their 2001 debut, Last Tuesday has worked hard to stand out from the rote pack of sound-alike.
For starters, they know better than to rehash the same predictable riffs over and over. Not as crisp as 2005's
It's also refreshing to hear a punk band more interested in keeping it real than delivering everything with a wink and a long, clever song title. "1999" isn't a cover of Prince, but refers to the band's worries since starting out, and the title track shares their struggles to keep celebrity honorable—"But when we stand before the Son of Man/Will we hang our heads, will he understand?/When it's all been said and done, was our race well run?" They also thoughtfully address topics of living purposefully ("My Last Regret"), encouraging a relationship with Jesus out of friendship instead of fear ("Deal With It"), and not forcing our beliefs on others ("Can You Hear Me?").
Thus, Last Tuesday succeeds in demonstrating how to better represent Jesus to the world—by building relationships, not carrying grudges ("Giving Up"). And they do so with music that's faithful not to tired radio-friendly conventions, but rather the rowdy, passionate spirit of punk.