"A Thousand Miles" and "Blown Away" open the disc with separate three-minute attacks of punk rock; the band has no problems yelling and bashing it out, as long as it is melodic. The songs bounce and pogo around, while the rough-edged guitars slice through the air with fury.

"Regret," "Let It Go," "Chicken Bone" keep the energy level up, though the later seems to slow the pace down a bit as to not over-kill the fast punk that characterizes the album. Though the band has a good, fast sound, the vocals are lacking, which detracts from the music. When he screams, it fits in nicely for a bit, but soon overpowers the music and begins to take away from the overall quality of things; and when he tries to sing, all is quickly lost.

The disc has all the energy I look for in punk, and definitely isn't lacking in fuel to drive them to greatness, but the vocals were so annoying to me, I couldn't get into the music. They really lost me there; I'll give the disc a C-.

Generic Skaca

Genesis: Archive 1967-1975 [4 cd box set]

[Issue Twenty // June 1999]