Elva\nUnwritten Law\nInterscope Records\nPop punk is becoming more popular with the kids these days, and new bands are sprouting up so the labels can cash in on the pimple-faced craze. It's good to know that a punk band, which was good even before the fad, can stay true to rocking hard and kicking ass. With their fifth full-length release entering stores Jan. 29, Elva might just put the group into the spotlight.\nNot many CDs can impress the listener right from the get-go, but this album is good front to back with its slow tempo songs and catchy lyrics. After listening a few times you will surely know the words to almost every chorus and will have to fight yourself to not sing along with lead singer Scott Russo. Now, not every song is slow, many are fast paced with hard guitars and loud pounding drums, but the sound is different than the average punk band. Unwritten Law has broadened and become more musically talented with this release, and you'll be able to tell right away.\nBefore realizing that the two songs are scheduled to be the group's singles, automatic favorites are "Up All Night" and "Seein' Red." With "Up All Night"'s ode to boredom and trying to find oneself, the track could soon become the anthem for the good-ol' slacker. The image of a full party filled with college students with Natty's in their hands singing the chorus like a church choir, "'Cause we're alright, We're up all night, To see the sun come up again, Now just one more time, No reason why, To see the sun come up again," floats through the listener's mind.\nAfter listening to this CD just a few times, you will become engaged with their sound. Only having seen them in concert once a few years back as an opening band, but never owning anything they had released, Elva has made this reviewer a new fan of Unwritten Law.\n
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