The Marble Index Watch Your Candles, Watch Your Knives. Release Date : September 12, 2006. Label: Maple Music/Universal. Rating: Hot damn! (Screw points. To each his own!) Ahhhh! Okay try to not dance to this RIGHT out of the gate. I mean really, the first chord strikes up and you're already moving. Just try to resist! There's no way. These guys are the masters of danceability. A seemingly impossible task, it even trumps the debut album. These guys just know what they're up to. Shockingly honest lyrically, when you sit down (yeah right, just try it) and absorb what's being said, well, it's depressing dammit. So dance away your troubles! That must be the intent. Feeling down? Well listen to this and freak out and enjoy your sorrow just because it's there and at least it lets you know you give a shit. And dancing feels so damn good. I love the way the chorus in "Let Me Be The One" seems to bloom forth. What is that crazy sound? Like a bubble full of keyboard bursting. It's probably actually a guitar. Hell what do I know, but I love that little noise. And it's got so much Clash in it. Brad Germain's rough-and-tumble gruff man voice is just amazing. And yet there's an adorable and cool warble tacked onto the lines that he doesn't roar. he uncontrolled roaring is what makes this such a standout amongst other modern hiprock albums though. Germain's got this unrestrained emotional overflow going on. Just listen to the waning seconds of "We Always Complain" to know what I'm talking about. The punk bent continues boldly in a breakdown during "I Don't Wan To Try To Change Your Life" that is filled with cheers and whoops and yells. Anyhow. I LOVE it! Song of choice : How can I pick one out of this crop of goodies? First impact of "Everyone Else" or the raging freakoutishness of "We Always Complain." -Andy Scheffler Elsewhere The Marble Index website Published : January, 2007.