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Talk about seeing the world in black and white… Now I don't really know much about these guys except for those few radio "hits" we've heard from their past work but I'd be daring enough to say about this new self-titled release they got a major gripe with someone... And not coincidentally, maybe, they're turning up on a punk indie here-their own, apparently-but this one looks mean… I mean, if this was an actual person, you'd pass out from the stench just from standing next to 'em! Rancid? You bet your ass! What was that tune they did before… "Ruby Tuesday" or "Ruby Soho" or some crap like that? Well there ain't anything even close to that yet-so far, and I can't believe we've already blown through four songs and there's plenty of anger to go around! Everything's pure skull & crossbones just like the album cover-"Don Giovanni," "Disgruntled," "It's Quite Alright…" all downright menacing-complete mistreatment of a valued instrument! "Let Me Go" settles things down slightly overall and in between has a funky psychedelic break-reminds me of the latest thing The Almighty did-in fact there's a lot of similarities for anyone familiar with either of 'em! The song remains the same… only the ranting's changed? Pure snot and aggression-twenty-two songs worth of skull denting rage! Well something like that-but this album, self-titled, and produced by one Brett Gurewitz, does just what they must have intended; getting totally away from the fluttering airwaves of commercialism from before and ranks right up there with the rest of the old generation of sewer rat hard core punk blasters! Released by Hellcat Records Review by Vinnie Apicella |