Reflecting the same '60s hard rock and '70s punk of
MC5 and
the Clash, this effort features rare and previously unreleased tracks. The opening "Cheater" sounds like an impressionable
Hives with a great amount of intensity and verve. A manic "I Don't Wanna Work" comes off in the vein of an early
Radio Birdman. Packing an ample amount of punk guitar, the songs are hard-rockers but also will reduce the listener to singing along with each chorus. Both "Stepping Out" and "Addicts of Communication" are great tracks in the vein of
Rancid. The best track of the half-dozen has to be "Dynamite," a song that starts off with an early British Invasion feeling, resembling
The Rolling Stones performing "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love." Although ending with another brief nugget of punk rock, the group certainly is moving in the right direction. ~ Jason MacNeil