knife album 19th studio album pop punk trio released april europe april japan according band leader album free time heavily influenced punk rock pop tune explored pop oriented sound chance band explore hard rock sound album lyrics cover wide array topics green tea fortune cats album artwork created different color variations released corresponding japan north_america europe album received moderately positive reviews critics band harder rock critical musical lyrical simplicity production usual sound inspired pop punk band branched musically listened harder rock bands priest boston brothers inspiration described album sound combination edgy guitar riffs psychedelic 70s esque nostalgia reasoned free time heavily influenced punk rock pop tune explored pop oriented sound represented opportunity band explore harder rock band exploration album references pedal mind images 1970s rock music interview explained process writing recording changed substantially band early days lazy don start writing songs book recording studio sic booked studio write songs quickly concentration send demo members recording studio start record basic tracks album member band sings unique song food item sings fortune band bassist vocals rock drummer emi heard green tea song inspired fondness eating fortune meal chinese food america learning actually invented japan decided pen song inspired habit eating finally asked sing green tea known green tea lyrical themes include album include tennis jet shot cats like cat expressed interview wanted write song tennis felt sport fit style band music watching tennis match featuring television announced called great jet shot struck term inspiration song wanting aggressive tennis player like cat joins long canon songs cats explained like cats dogs earnest cats free band released music video song featuring cat videos submitted fans world non japan releases album songs recorded english lyrics domestic release album dance rock shopping like cat recorded japanese lyrics critical reception received moderately positive reviews critics metacritic review aggregator website gave album average score reviews indicates generally favourable reviews nme awarded album stars reviewer arguing album contained personal political lyrics far knife cartoon image suggests pop matters awarded album stars punk classic rock album work critical band penchant bordering closely copying artists music argued bad luck song black crow similar boys town kiss black diamond respectively felt album gets better goes allmusic awarded album stars commenting band musical shift wrote standards sound like sort hard rock album attempts like kiss come better expect guitar skills impressive average metal axe complimented charm album criticized lyrics run mill ill fitting change musical direction site selected black crow green tea album highlights drowned sound awarded album stars complimented band successfully managing release nineteen studio albums slightly critical derivative nature band sound dimensional guitar playing trivial lyrics track listing
Overdrive (Shonen Knife album)