Album Review: The State Lottery uplift on 'When The Night Comes'

The State Lottery- When the Night Comes
Brooklyn and Buffalo, NY / Seattle, WA / Detroit, Michigan
Released June 2010
Salinas Records

For fans of: Fake Problems, The Gaslight Anthem, Defiance, Ohio, Nana Grizol

By Star Child

When The Night Comes is the kind of album you smile to--and cry to--and sing to. Not because it's particularly sad,  but because it's so good and uplifting. It conjures that sort of emotion in just 9 songs. These guys know how to deliver good wholesome folk-punk tunes that stand on their own. The addition of trumpet adds compelling musical flavor to the songs. "Coming Alive" is just about what the name suggests. "Stories" is a bold one. "When the Night Comes" is another great number. "Everyone knows that everyone dies, that it's all the same in the end," goes the song. The album closes with "Spring, 2008, Detroit," an 8-minute song that hits you hard. Overall, these songs are fast, slow, sharp, poppy, boppy, and passionate. The melodies are great, the lyrics are honest--it's what I've been looking for to get me through rough days, and rough nights, to keep looking up to good days, and keeping in good spirits. Download it. Own it. This is the summer release you want to have.

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Tracklisting:

1. Coming Alive
2. Stories
3. When The Night Comes
4. Geysers
5. Little Song
6. East Jordan
6. Future Selves
8. Fourth Street
9. Spring, 2008, Detroit.