on 2011-12-03 hstisgod Said:

very cool review, dug this sound a bit, good heads up Bertman.
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Review:

on 2011-12-03 Bertman Said:

This live four song CD is smart, energized and muscular. Kicking off this demo is Howl which builds like Joy Divison for a new millennia. The lyrics are as angry as anything Hemingway wrote for In Or Time. But this current lost generation of men, boys really, are their own age. One has to wonder how many haunted faces of friends theyve seen return from desert conflicts around the world. Old men before their time, they find themselves unable to function in a society they only recently left.
The Radio Reds version of The Ramones Poison Heart is impressive for two reasons. They re-arranged so it no longer sounds like a Ramones track, and it still rocks.
Most artists, who have tackled the tricky matter of deconstructing a Ramones song in an attempt to make it their own, do so badly. Fortunately there is no such misstep here.
Wallpaper rounds out the recording and reveals a frustrated honesty which usually sounds emasculating. But in the hands of the band this is a rage filled lament on a relationship gone south. Nothing will save it at this point, and anger, while readily available, is as useful as fighting the wind.
The Radio Reds show endless amounts of promise with this release. Thoughtful and as sinewy as a great featherweight fighter, this is where the real action is. You might have shown up to see the prizefight, but this is the one youll remember and talk about for years to come.

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Rating: 7/10