Therapy? have made several albums over the years, most of them very good indeed. It's worth taking a look at their wider discography, and I'll be blogging all of their albums in the months and years to come. But this is clearly and undoubtedly their masterpiece. Sometimes things come together for a band and they produce something extraordinary as a one-off sublime achievement that will never be topped. This is one of those times, and it's only the second of many excellent albums.
Troublegum is one of the true greats, a sublime achievement marrying punk and indie rock with glorious heaviness and dark, twisted lyrics. "Stop It You're Killing Me", "Die Laughing" and "Screamager" may stand out, perhaps, but there's no filler here.
It's curious, though, how this album- absolutely huge and ubiquitous at the time- isn't generally remembered as part of the '90s nostalgia industry, perhaps overshadowed by Britpop while not quite being a metal album either. It's an example, perhaps, of the perils of allowing mainstream popular culture to curate our nostalgia. But there's no denying the wonderfully addictive pleasure of listenng to these songs, all of them, again and again.
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