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.
Here perhaps was the rebellion-from-the-fold (Christian or otherwise) I expect from a clear-headed, independent hardcore band, but nope, same ol’, same ol’.
They sound like Strongarm: Generic, metal-ish hardcore. I can handle that most of the time, but not along with knee-jerk prosletyzing about the “moral life.”
Half of Circle of Dust was Klank. The other half was Scott Albert. It was Albert’s voice and songwriting diversity that made Circle of Dust a real exception.