the arrogants.

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Review of "You've Always Known When Best To Say Goodbye".

Courtesy of Dagger Zine , January 2006.

THE ARROGANTS - "YOU’VE ALWAYS KNOWN WHEN BEST TO SAY GOODBYE" (SELF-RELEASED). Finally, after 2 fantastic ep’s from this unheralded Southern California dream pop band, comes a full-length. Well, that’s a bit of an understatement since it’s a ! double cd. The first disc has 23 songs on it while the second is a dvd full of mostly the band in different recording sessions as well as some dialogue and hijinks. The band prefer to present this as 3 separate ep’s and the songs are broken up that way as well . The band had recorded tons of songs over the past few years and I guess, had no label to release them (why Shelflife, who released the band’s two previous eps, didn’t want to release this is anyone’s guess). There’s some re-recorded stuff from the eps’ ( “The Distance Between Us”, “Another Cold Morning”, “Lovesick” , etc.) as well as killer stuff I had never heard before (“Antony & Cleopatra”, “Wishing Well, the cool acoustic “People love Money more than People”, etc. ) . Old or new the band (including Jana’s gorgeous vocals ) all sound prime once again so don’t let this gem go unnoticed. The price is right too.