Click here to edit title
Click here to edit subtitle
Top Sounds - M

MOVING TARGETS - Humbucker {Boss Tuneage} Second album of new material from the reformed MOVING TARGETS and one that is instantly more restrained and reflective than the previous ‘Wires’. You get 15 songs, all stamped with that quality assurance mark that comes with any and everything that Ken Chambers is involved with. Plenty of highlights be it ‘Matters To Me’ that comes on like a Grant Hart HUSKER DU song (in fact, I heard a lot of GRANT HART on this album), the sedately swagger of ‘Opposites’, the thrilling Power-Pop vibe of ‘On The Wall’, ‘Feed’ that displays the skills of the very able rhythm section at its best while highlight is a dual between another Hart-esque HUSKER tune in ‘Believer’ and ‘Think Line’ that has enough chops about it to have had a place on ‘Brave Noise’ (that was my first MT record by the way) and been a standout. Definitely an album that offers more with repeated plays; on first play it came over as a bit... lethargic. Fact is, there is a lot of depth to these songs, they are superbly written and performed and, given time, this might actually be viewed as one among the band’s very best - and that’s one impressive back catalogue. (27.03.21)
MUCH THE SAME - Quitters Never Win {Lockjaw} Chicago scenesters since 1999 with an album released on Nitro in 2006, this is a fully remastered reissue of the band’s debut album (and first time on vinyl) that was released in 2003 on AF Records. You get 12 tracks that feature that Fat Wreckish sound of late 90s but with something a tad more aggressive - think NO USE FOR A NAME fused with PENNYWISE and some GRADE-esque backing vocals. Highlights would be ‘Wish’ that could easily have been on a GOOD RIDDANCE album, the fluid riffing of ‘Masquerade’ and ‘Still Falling’ which again recalls GOOD RIDDANCE and could well be the album’s best with some heavy duty riffing and a great chorus. Competent stuff but kinda generic of that Fat/ Skate Punk sound of the era and sounding, well, pretty much the same... (12.02.21)