OK, over time I've promised to unearth some 90's Gems, Leatherface "Mush" is secure in that list as it's an often overlooked punk release...read that review.Next up, it's Sweden's own No Fun At All. Is this a hidden gem? You bet it is! It's got it all. Influences for today's post-hardcore, prominent guitar, background harmonies, loads of tempo changes and anthemic punk tunes. Anthemic and punk in the same sentence, OK I said it, try it out, you'll hear. Sure, peers of No Fun At All were putting out more critically acclaimed records in 1997... Sick Of It All, Pennywise, Lagwagon, AFI, etc. but this release trumps them all. Those were good records, this one is better because it had no expectations (ah, if only they could all be that way). "The Other Side" represents the album in its entirety, but by no means is it a formula, it's just a track that shows that NFAA play music, are musicians, can sing, energize, drive rhythms, energize listeners and encourage repeating. Burning Heart Records unearthed some great European punk bands and with some of their licensing deals in the US, were able to expose (or the bands pushed for the exposure) these bands to a larger audience in the 90's and early 00's.
You groovin' out to Sufferer and the Witness, Decemberunderground, Reason To Believe...how about a little IPOD augmentation with some NFAA. You can comfortably shuffle with others in your mp3 player playlists of melodic punk and in fact it will make those playlists better.
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