All - Allroy For Prez LPALL Allroy For Prez LP "Allroy Sez was OK but way short of the Descendents All's standards. Allroy for Prez is so much better that it makes its predecessor sound stillborn. Main songwriter Bill Stevenson takes a much deserved rest, and his bandmates shine in his stead. Bassplayer Karl Alvarez's "Skin Deep" (not the Stranglers' or Passions' great 45s) is the real gem, opening the record with one of the finest songs of this band's first nine years.

" Sticking to their guns

RST s/t 2xLP

A new arrangement of one of its first-ever songs

that if small without shame

creating an immersive world of pure sound that fills the room as easily as it empties out your skull

These are songs recorded before Witches

open and direct

it's impossible to overestimate the impact of Hüsker Dü's Zen Arcade on the American rock underground in the '80s

the first half of which was inspired by a media frenzy after the band suggested that a murder may be attributable to "Christianity Is Stupid" as an excuse to get out of having to tour in the wake of this album

As society continues to speed up

the two openers "Notoriety" and "Black Ghevina" will please every fan of the BLACK LIPS and more fucked up ones

but the vocals stay soft and almost hopeful