Strong vocals, full-bodied tunes constructed of hard pop rock, a bit of Ramones drilling, a handful of the first couple Joan Jett and the Blackhearts LPs.
The musicianship is stellar, the vocals draw you in, and you can’t avoid bouncing your head and wishing you could hit the high notes so you could sing along.
Successfully meshing skate punk and NYC hardcore into a powerful, energetic collaboration, Reaching Forward make it look easy on their sophomore full-length.
As you can probably guess, AFI is a big influence here. But I’ll give the Devil his due: If you can get past the silliness, some of these songs aren’t bad.