Spotlight – All Time Low –Dirty Work

All Time Low, Baltimore’s finest pop-punkers, are currently in the throes of readying the release of their third album proper, entitled “Dirty Work”, which is about to drop in May this year.

They released the album artwork this week (right), as well as the tracklisting which is as follows:

Do You Want Me (Dead?) / I Feel Like Dancin’ / Forget About It / Guts / Time-Bomb / Just The Way I’m Not / Under A Paper Moon / Return The Favor / No Idea / A Daydream Away / Heroes

Having scaled the heady heights of commercial success with their previous offering Nothing Personal, big things are expected of this album, and I for one expect that it will take them to new heights, and see them reach the upper echelons of pop-punk greatness in the process. This record will blow them up even bigger than they are now, and when it drops, the fans will lap it up, and arenas could well be next on their horizon. Already selling out theatre venues in the UK for multiple nights at a time, the logical progression is an arena tour, so long as this album doesn’t bomb.

From listening to the first track they have released on the world, the scintillating Time-Bomb, there is clearly no danger of this tanking in the slightest. It is set out to be one of THE releases of the year, and if it is anywhere near as good as Nothing Personal, this will truly be their year.

Magazine interviews would suggest this is a more mature offering from the band who have often been very tongue-in-cheek, indulging in the Blink 182-esque banter, and that this showcases a more serious side, which is an interesting prospect. Time-bomb suggests that they will still gladly bring the party though, and that some of the tracks on this release will be just as good as the catchy songs they have penned in the past.

I for one am stoked to have a listen, and with a May release date fast approaching, they could be ready to take over, and with some daytime radio airplay which will no doubt continue on the back of their last offering, they are about to explode once again, bigger than any of us could have ever imagined. I am fairly confident that this will be a landmark year for the band, and everything seems to be in place for them to stake their claim for true pop-punk greatness.

They have the fan base, as well as the songs, to be superstars, and this album looks like it will only prove that further. The teen girl adulation will do them no harm in terms of sales, and for the boys, they just write awesome catchy tunes, so everybody is happy. High profile festival slots and another headline run will only help them stake their claim more, and by the end of the year, I genuinely would not put it past ATL becoming a genuine arena band off the back of Dirty Work. They have made great progressive steps on each album they have released, and I am sure the same will be said from this, following on from their last offering, and their 2007 debut, So Wrong, It’s Right.

The sky is really the limit, and as long as Dirty Work delivers in the fashion in which I expect it to (and I would be very surprised if it didn’t!) then global mega stardom awaits.

One of the biggest releases of the year for me, so naturally, its release can’t come a day too soon