There are some catchy tunes, but the content is so watered-down and vapid that we’re left with punk with no anger, pop with no wit, retro with no irony, etc.
Not a bad song in the bunch. Rather than simply recording new vocals for this English-language version, many sound as if they were nearly or entirely re-made.
Below the Sound compact dry nagging riffs with a mechanical rabbit-punch whacking from different angles until you’ve been worked over by a sock fulla golfballs.
If I was as popular with teenage girls as The Bouncing Souls… I’d be in a lot of trouble. Plus, I don’t think I could handle all the giggling and gossip.
Squirrel Nut Zippers’ 15 minutes have come & gone. So the first reaction to Asylum Street Spankers would be “been there, listened to that, sold my tux already.”
They could gig with Yeah Yeah Yeah’s and be just fine. Clean female vocals, occasional organ fills, geeky squared-off rhythms, a bit of minimalist pretension.