FORGIVE & FORGET - ALIEN ANT FARM
Alien Ant Farm made some noise in 2001 with debut album “ANThology,” which struck platinum at least in part thanks to its amphetamine-charged cover of Michael Jackson’s “Smooth Criminal.” Five years later, the California act has weathered heavy-duty changes (injuries sustained in a bus accident, lineup shifts, its label folding) but is still plugging away, with third record “Up in the Attic,” due July 18. First single “Forgive & Forget” does not reference those dramas. Instead, it vents about plying a beautiful, hoity-toity girl with everything she wants (”Purses and lockets/Made out of my pocket”), only to get dumped many dollars later. Dryden Mitchell reels off the lyric like a caffeinated spoken-word artist, backed by Mike Cosgrove’s hollow drums and a repetitive chord or three by guitarist Joe Hill. With summer heartbreaks around the corner, it’ll give hardworking Joes something to drown in their beer with.
