These Jersey punk vets properly pissed about wussy poppunk saach get revenge by slashing out damn near a dozen buzzsaw scorchers that come off real catchy.
Good music can justify a lot of nonsense. Pipedown, on the other hand, sound like an uncomfortable cross between lightweight “punk” and lightweight “hardcore.”
Midtown are from New Jersey, home of Bon Jovi, Springsteen, the Bouncing Souls, and the Sopranos. Copout reference points’d be Blink-182 and A New Found Glory.
Every so often, a young’n’snotty band comes along that knows the roots of punk rock but doesn’t make a big deal about it. They just blow everyone off the stage.
These songs were written and recorded with Daniel Rey after the Ramones broke up in ’96 and mostly completed before Joey’s tragic death in April, 2001.