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NOFX, the self-proclaimed third best punk band of our times. 
Originally destined to be a double LP, the album consists of ten songs, four of which were already released through a seven inch of the month club, albeit re-recorded and somewhat re-approached musically. Largely the best aspect of “Single Album” are the lyrics; Mike the bassist and lead vocalist delivers very personal, hurtful stories and insights into his view of the world and his life at the time of writing most of these songs. "The Big Drag", "I Love You More Than I Hate Me", "Grieve Soto" and of course "Your Last Resort" showcase very strong, gut wrenching lyrics, while "Doors And Fours" is a very harsh look at the 80’s hardcore punk scene and the prevalence of drug use. The first and the latter songs have a unique -by NOFX standards- musical approach, as they are basically hardcore punk songs. "Grieve Soto" is an Adolescents-sounding homage to Steve Soto’s passing and "Your Last Resort" refers to Mike’s breakdown his relationship with his wife. Basically, this isn’t a “fun” NOFX sounding record, it does however take a few lighter turns in the most classically sarcastic way, which NOFX are widely popular for. "My Bro Cancervive Cancer", "Fuck Euphemism" and "Linewleum" are trademark songs, where a serious message gets conveyed with slick-wit lyrics, accompanied by some of the best musical points on this record. The fact, however, that I’m not a reggae enthusiast and that my favourite tune on “Single Album” is "Fish In A Gun Barrel", pinpoints whatever you can call a problem about this LP; this is the only song I found, where the music, the lyrics, the choice of words, the phrasing and emphasizing of some of them over others and the profoundly interesting vocal pattern fit together perfectly. Yes, "Linewleum" is a great idea on paper and it’s good both lyrically and musically, but it’s NOT "Linoleum" on any level and, while I know this is the point -plus the many small facets of the song to trick people’s mind is kind of genius- on the whole, it’s a perfect example of how “Single Album” isn’t musically challenging, again by NOFX standards (And I haven’t even been a "Linoleum" fan for so many years now). "Fuck Euphemism" is another good example to my point; its lyrics are great, although sound somewhat unbalanced at times, like wanting to say too much in a small window of time, but musically this one is far behind from other songs on the record. 
I’m putting “Single Album” in the good to great category of NOFX records. It’s somewhere between “Coaster”, “Self Entitled” and “First Ditch Effort”.
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Ghint, Erik. “Review || NOFX - ‘Single Album.’” UNRAVELED, 19 Feb. 2021, https://www.unraveled.eu/2021/02/review-nofx-single-album.html.

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AGAINST ME!
​Reinventing Axl Rose 

This album is an absolute classic it is the starting point where Against Me!’s career exploded. It was the band’s first full-length and their first recording as a four-piece and where they really got their style down.  Today Reinventing Axl Rose is a major accomplishment within the folk punk sub-genre and arguably punk rock in general. Between Laura Jane Grace’s signature harsh vocals on tracks like “Those Anarcho Punks Are Mysterious” and “The Politics of Starving” and anarchist mega-anthems such as and “We Laugh At Danger (And Break All The Rules)” and “Baby, I’m An Anarchist” it’s very hard not to love this album. The mixture of both electric and acoustic guitars in “Walking Is Still Honest” and other songs was masterfully done on Reinventing Axl Rose. The lyrics span from politics to love and even to what the punk scene should aspire to be, most notably in the title track. From this album on, Against Me! would become the favorite of hundreds of thousands of fans as the band’s career progressed.


Frankel, R. (2019, April 2). Against me! - reinventing Axl Rose. Punknews.org. Retrieved December 21, 2021, from https://www.punknews.org/review/16402/against-me-reinventing-axl-rose

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Screamers Demo Hollywood 1977

The Screamers were an LA punk band formed in 1975 that had no guitars. The band’s core lineup featured just a drummer, two keyboards, and an absolutely manic singer in vocalist Tomata du Plenty. Unlike their New York contemporaries, Suicide who were also a keyboard-centric band with no guitars, but whose music was primarily long, lavish experimental synth compositions that got lumped in with punk because of the music’s abrasiveness and the band’s style and attitude, The Screamers’ music more closely resembled the typical punk song format but did it with different instruments than most rock bands. They were planning to hold out for a major label contract for their first release, turning down many smaller labels who wanted to sign them, but sadly that major label contract never came and they only recorded a handful of demos before breaking up. Tomata du Plenty then passed away in 2000, quashing any hopes of a reunion. Those demos have been floating around on bootlegs for a very long time now but the new EP, Demo Hollywood 1977, is the first release to ever be authorized by the surviving band members, making this their first official release.
The album kicks off with  “Magazine Love,” with its great chorus “You don’t love me you love magazines!” Tomata du Plenty’s snotty vocals really shine through on this crystal clear recording. “Punish or Be Damned,” which the label put out as a single, is a beautifully haunting track with the keyboards and du Plenty’s voice both slowly rising into a terrifying sense of foreboding and musical anxiety. That anxiety continues on side B of the record, which kicks off with “Anything,” which was sometimes incorrectly labeled on the bootlegs with the much more wordy title, “If I Can’t Have What I Want, I Don’t Want Anything.” The shortest song on the EP at only 90-seconds in length, “Anything” is a statement of unbridled hedonism. “Mater Dolores” gives us a brief respite from the anxiety of previous tracks with a song that’s downright catchy and, dare I say, pleasant and fun? Finally “Peer Pressure” is a pretty traditional punk song, minus the guitars, but you’ll hardly miss them as the keyboards are played like punk guitars. 


Riveer, Julie. “Review: The Screamers - ‘Demo Hollywood 1977.’” TGEFM, 20 May 2021, https://thatsgoodenoughforme.com/15822/. 

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