Two songs of wound-up, punky pop with a few unfinished edges from this Bay Area trio (ex-Giant Haystacks). Vocals here are the weak link, but their plaintive, hoarse use here, backed by their springloaded, slightly mod-ish delivery makes it seem like a modern update on Empire’s big, meaningful riffs for kids who’ve been bombed out of their minds on TV and the Internet since they’ve been born. Both songs work off of the same spirit of economy and short shocks well enough that these guys might have cornered a tiny scrap of the punk landscape for themselves. Fans of everything from Mission of Burma to the Jam could find something suitable to groove on within. (http://www.dirtnaprecs.com)
(Doug Mosurock)

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