this addiction

so my carpool buddy has been gone all week with vacation and a death in the family and working late, which means i am on my own which means less chatting and more music! i have bout worn a hole in agony & irony to match the hole in crimson so i went over to epitaph records to see if alkaline trio has anything new and firstly yes they do and secondly they have apparently made seven, count 'em seven, studio albums. i have just three and good mourning i don't particularly like. anyway, the point here is that they have something new out - this addiction - and a fabulous sort of 80s billy idolish or adam antesque genre video. pink floyd. david bowie. whatever. schoolkids in grey uniform skirts, slacks, cardigans, oxfords, all with face paint and running wildly in the fields to the driving drums and guitars. you should google it and watch it because it's okay enough throughout and then has a smashing ending. but, to get back to the point, i plan to purchase this album. and just to make a wee secondary point, epitaph has some really interesting looking bands that call for more investigation, but at another time.