The interestingly titled new release from Ghoti Hook does just that-hooks you in with their jagged edged layers, hyped up choruses and listener friendly verses…

Drawn from the anxious resources of leftover love, the first two songs deliver a high impact of furious proportions-"One Step Away," "Two Years to Never…" or are we talking about two years until expectations are inevitably unmet or more like two years invested in self-inflicted sorrow and wasted time?

There's a message of intent within every song they do and while they get a little deep from time to time-or all the time if you're paying attention, the driving rhythms and authoritative verses go a down a little easier.

"Lullaby" is probably the best song here for what it is-a low key moment, nearly a ballad, haunted by subliminal grooves and echoed torment in nearly a pop-friendly atmosphere but definitely a struggle on all counts.

There's a lot of Suicide Machines going on here-that's new and old, for anyone who now knows the difference, though Ghoti Hook packs just a little more punch at their current pace.

"All That I Am" states the case quite emphatically but even more so, check out "Chevy Nova," which only by reading its description makes me drool, but here's where the real turbo charging takes place-speeding off into hard-core / punk superhighway!

"Mach 3" conversely does just the opposite in it's playfully pop direction and sing along chorus that comes straight out of nowhere… so far an underexposed strong point though otherwise, "Two Steps to Never" has the stamina to leap beyond that which they dread and into the waiting arms of successful salvation…

Released by Tooth & Nail Records

Review by Vinnie Apicella