Not riff-oriented emo, but vocal-centered “song”-craft that brings to mind later Chamberlain. A step in the right direction (after eight friggin’ years).
Anti-Flag singer Justin Sane has listened to his fair share of Billy Bragg and decided to try his hand at folk, just a semi-distorted guitar and his voice.
A couple songs on Noise Ratchet’s debut full-length are so nice, I forget the singer is just throwing his voice in the general direction of the high notes.
Millions Of Dead Cops, or MDC, are an important punk band, and this 31-song retrospective collects faves from most of their records over the last 20+ years.
Reading off the bio: “These bands (on Notes from Thee Underground 2) will soon follow in the path paved by Tub Ring, Pointy Teeth, CEOXiME, The Follow…”