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**Ltd Marigold Vinyl Edition**
After the release of his debut as Onelinedrawing, Jonah Matranga toured relentlessly with bombastic groups includingThursday,Coheed & Cambria, andthe Weakerthans— and on The Volunteers, it shows. No longer are the arrangements dominated by hush vocals and spare instrumentation. The Volunteers is gifted with smashing anthems like “We Had a Deal” (which could beRyan Adams-penned). But Matranga doesn’t completely abandon the original template, and the echoey and sparse bits create a now familiar but still effective loud/soft dynamic that is unstoppable. Even when the songwriting is odd (the start-stop “Over It”), it’s because Matranga is masterfully constructing a setup to transition into pure pop grandiosity. Onelinedrawing, in general, may be a bit too saccharine for some listeners, and it lacks the classic power pop levity of aBrendan BensonorWeakerthans, but The Volunteers is a wildly inventive record that can stand tall beside earnest peers likeSaves the Day‘sIn Reverie. -All Music Guide
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