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Du$t- A.D. LP review
I tried liking pop punk once- the
Descendents’ ‘Milo Goes To College’ is an awesome record. Some of their later material isn’t bad. Hell, even some of the best punk music has
its roots in catchy bubblegum pop, some of these songs are even love
songs. The potential does exist for
catchy punk/hardcore music that isn’t necessarily rough-and-tough all the time
(though that is the best kind). This
record, and this band, is not that. The
singer’s voice is vexing- it’s melodic, sure, but it sounds strained,
unnatural, forced, like something that doesn’t fit. The music is far from catchy or enchanting-
think Cro-Mags’ ‘Revenge’ B-sides or the Buzzcocks on a fucking shitty and
awful day where they play their instruments too hard and too fast just so that
they can get the set over with and leave.
Even if this music is innovative and unique, it is truly god-awful. Buy this for someone that you’re fake friends
with as a gift so they know how you really feel about them, that you paid good
money and wasted valuable time in order to subject them to this swill. That would be one cold dish of revenge.
-Gary Abusey
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