Add Date: February 2
Artist: The Van Gobots
Album: Guantanamo Beach Party
Label: Self-released
Genre: Post-punk/Screamo
Comments: I was pretty excited about this record, to be honest. Post-punk? Political Attacks? A catchy album name? Man, maybe this will be like the Gang of Four for the next generation!
Yeah, it's not. Granted, there's some catchy guitar hooks and a not exactly horrible singing voice, but this is post-punk more in the modern vein, which means less clever exploration of the punk genre and more adding pop sensibilities into a watered down hardcore mixture. Some of the lyrics, which have been praised as clever and witty by the Onion's AV club, were honestly pretty cringe inducing (we're talking Green Day levels of obvious anti-war commentary).
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