Rancid "Indestructible" Quick Review (vinyl) | The Audio Circle

Arguably the most emotional and personal album by the band, the songs and lyrics are a portrait of the situations that the different members of the band were going through at the time, including the death of friends and mentors and heartbreak, and sentimental loss.
We can also hear more diversity in the melodies and musical influences, maybe due to collaborations with other musician friends and artists.

Songs like “Fall Back Down” and “Start Now” have a more poppier-punk sound, we can hear lyrical variations in “Red Hot Moon” with Rob Aston’s rap/hardcore bridges, faster-paced anthems like “David Courtney” and “Travis Bickle” and overall a sense of punk rock composition that shines through “Indestructible”, “Memphis” and “Tropical London” the latter talking about Tim’s relationship with Brody Dalle.

Perhaps one of the most critical factors for the changes in the record is the fact that the producer was no other than Brett Gurewitz (Mr. Brett) who owns Hellcat records along with Tim Armstrong, singer of the band.

Personally, this record came through while I was in college and discovering a lot of new music, but this album just made me stop and remind myself that bands like Rancid are hard to top.