Album review

Rancid

Let the dominoes fall

added: 16 Jun 2009 // release date: 1 Jun 2009 // label: Hellcat
reviewer: Andy Snipper

This isn’t quite RANCID – more green around the edges. Rancid are supposed to be shambolic and hardcore punk rebellion with edges and jagged bits but this has the sharp bits smoothed off and the holocaust of sound reduced to a bit of a rumble.

There are a few real Rancid numbers – ‘Up To No Good’ has echoes of their ska-punk origins and a great keyboard line, ‘Damnation’ kicks ass like The Damned and ‘The Bravest Kids’ has a real Pogue-ish feel to it while the single ‘Last One To Die’ is classic dumb-ass punk – and they have got a feeling of real energy at times but, and this is the big but, there were times I thought I was listening to Blink 182 and that is close to a crime in my book.

I really wanted this to be classic West Coast hardcore and to live up to all that Rancid mean but it falls short while still being better than most – nearly but not the real deal.

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