Considering the listed birth dates for the members, they might better be known as "Senior" Scouts of America… but they sure don't play like old age has crept up and bit 'em in the pants.

So the latest mission for these Manscouts has them fighting against poor quality corporate music giants still hard at work brainwashing the kids of America as to what and who they'll listen to… Judging by the heavy sounds of "Crash Course," it's a lesson in how to rock the right way!

The six tunes plod along in a manner that's about a foot short of Aggro-rock appeal, and maybe another few inches away from yesterday's grind and groove from once fashionable party-hat toting hipsters and the good-time feel they once stood for.

Openers "Nightmare" and "Cold" are straight, simple guitar, bass and drums, nothing flashy, but making their point that rock needs not be anything more than it was always meant to be… to try to define this wouldn't make any sense since the idea could vary with each successive listener.

"Haunt" charges hard, fist-pumped and juices flowing with a punk style saunter, while the sing aloud chorus of "Wind and Rain" brings about an anthemic quality that's all too often ignored by many new artists.

"R.A.F.O.R.N.R." wraps up this tattered little cloth package in fine fashion, earning top honors as the album's best-containing great mixtures of key changes and variant tempos with a crushing chorus, but a song that clocks in a little too quickly-"The Rise and Fall of Rock and Roll" indeed-but not if MSA has anything to say about it!

Released by RAFR Records

Review By Vinnie Apicella