Too familiar in that déjà vu sense to be new, but too world-weary to be from this seminal Boston Hardcore icons’ early ’80s heyday. But this is pretty great!
Even though these bands would go on to release some landmark material, no one has before or since released a record of such concentrated explosive punk energy.
All the songs sound like they could’ve been written by the bands covering them. The Germs had much to do with paving the way for modern hardcore’s existence.