1. Revolution Radio
2. Fight Back
3. Faded Dreams
4. Manners & Respect[with King Django]
5. Culture Sucks the Life Out of Me
6. Hang ‘Em All High
7. Goodbye Inspiration[with Joey from the Briggs]
8. 007/Rudi
9. No Way Out
10. RCH Punks
11. Out of Luck
12. No Pasaran!
13. Las Brigadas Internacionales
14. Hard Times
15. Social Control

So, at first I thought I was listening to KLF’s “3am Eternal” when I put this CD in, with the initial sample, and then in kicks the punk rock in a style very similar to old Anti Flag, in both the vocal style, politically charged cliches and overall sound. There’s a few more Dropkick Murphys style songs too (“Faded Dreams”, “Hang ‘em All High”, “Las Brigadas Internationales”), and for these ones the singer affects the appropriate mimicking style of that Hellcat Records style. There’s a few tracks on there that are a little more original, such as “Culture Sucks the Life Out Of Me”, which although based on a distinctly old-school style, has a nice arrangement of gang-shouts and a more non-cliched lyrical subject.

Of course, it wouldn’t be a Hellcat Records wannabe band without a nod to some ska/reggae. Obviously I’m being cynical, but it actually does give the album some much needed variety and it does that with an arrangement of “A Message to You Rudy” in “007/Rudi”, with altered lyrics championing a unity between reggae and ska.

So, yeah, it’s loud punk rock and if you’ll probably dig it if you like US Bombs, Dropkicks et al. For me though, there’s just not enough variety in this album to warrant another listen through the whole album (maybe just the odd track here and there). Some of it gets a little tiresome, I mean there’s only so many ‘whoa’s, major-key power chord sequences that always end on the tonic and chorus mimicking lead guitar lines I can take and The Strawberry Blondes certainly do all of those pretty much ad nauseum.

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