Music Review

Trampoline (2007)

Steel Train
Reviewed by Tom Sinclair | Nov 02, 2007
EW's GRADE
C

Details Release Date: Oct 16, 2007; Lead Performance: Steel Train; Genre: Rock

Is Steel Train's emo stripped of frenzy and histrionics — or is it simply oldfangled, heart-on-sleeve folk rock with a snappy beat? One thing's clear: This New York City band's second full-length album, Trampoline, is so relentlessly sincere and introspective that it's downright enervating. Things kick off with a misty-eyed 9/11 song and get progressively dire — think Barenaked Ladies in full navel-gazing mode, or Crash Test Dummies at their glummest. Hmmm, could these Steel Train guys be Canadians in disguise?
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Originally posted Nov 02, 2007 Published in issue #963 Nov 09, 2007 Order article reprints

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