Ten Foot Pole

Insider (Epitaph)
by Scott Hefflon

This 12-song, 33-minute platter of sugar-filled treats will have your head bobbing madly and your eyes scouring the lyric sheets (separately, unless you want to make yourself dizzy and throw up). Guitarist Dennis (also in Pulley) is still singing, and is coming into his own, but he kinda reminds me of a less-lilting Parry from Nerf Herder. Other line-up changes include the exit of bassist Pete (now in Nerf Herder, ironically enough) and the subsequent addition of Glen Vegas (a Canadian, formerly of 60 Cycle and the Tool-ish Dead Surf Kiss). These changes help make Insider a warm, peppy punkpop album filled with hooks and heart.
(2798 Sunset Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90026)