2005-11-01
Resolve
Lagwagon
By Maeve C.
Derrick Plourde, Lagwagon’s former drummer, died in March 2005, and every song on Resolve was written shortly afterwards. Joey Cape produced the album, which is dedicated to Plourde and was the last Lagwagon studio record with bassist Jesse Buglione.
“Automatic” went online in early October, and the full album streamed the day before Fat Wreck Chords released it. A December video for the opener, “Heartbreaking Music”, was made as a memorial to Plourde. The sequence ends with “Days Of New”, which hides the acoustic “The Chemist” after a stretch of silence.
Sources
Rights-holder metadata (℗ 2005 Fat Wreck Chords): release date November 1, 2005.Independent corroboration: streamed on October 31, 2005 (a promotional preview), released the following day through Fat Wreck Chords; dedicated to Derrick Plourde (died March 2005); songs written shortly after; producer Joey Cape; last album with Jesse Buglione; Automatic posted 6 October; Heartbreaking Music memorial video 1 December; hidden track The Chemist.