Ten songs in 22 minutes of frantic, occasionally emo-ish (that means they yell) melodic punk with kinda grimy production, and plenty of simply tuneful songs.
Sing-along punk with too much “musician rock” for my taste. Jangle rock and whoa-whoa anthems side-by-side and a singer who sometimes reminds me of Rick Astley.
Combining the technicality of their earlier work with the vocal-driven, new material, Lagwagon has perfected elbow-swinging fun and tear-jerking introspection.
Personal, dark yet hinting of hope on the horizon lyrics set to catchy, peppy, gritty punkpop. Masterful production by Bill Stevenson and Stephen Egerton.
Lester Norris has a Dead Boysish ferocious, shards-of-glass-garglin’ vocal presence, and the songs are stripped-down, gut-level punk the way it oughtta be.
Quincy Punx are full-tilt, straight-forward, hard-drinkin’, mouth-shootin’ punks from St. Paul, MN, and if they come though yer town, ya better have insurance.
Named after a Bad Brains song, influenced by Bad Religion, and produced by Bill and Stephen at The Blasting Room, I Against I is young and from Holland.
As the interest in mainstream ska starts to skank its way back to the underground, there are a few stragglers left who should’ve been part of the hype.