Mr. Osterberg is, sad to report, sorta just another old rock star who should put a shirt on and maybe finally rest on the ruins of his fucking laurels.
Reminding us how easy it is to write halfway decent Ramones-inspired songs, Huntingtons do a good job at being thoroughly enjoyable, yet utter unmemorable.
While never straying from the formula of pop punk, Fanmail delivers the goods with such vitality and perfection, you almost forget you’ve heard it all before.
Ignorance is Bliss has all the elements fans around the world have come to know and love from the band, but it also illuminates a higher level of songwriting.
Dave Smalley’s been around, sung for bands you oughtta know, has a master’s degree in political science, and he wants to tell us about the state of the world.
Plenty of gang shouts and breakdown parts to warm your high school bully’s heart, but there’s also enough “sad, in an ‘Orion’ by Metallica way” in the riffs.