Walter Schreifels

Add Date: April 27

Artist: Walter Schreifels

Album: An Open Letter to the Scene

Label: Academy Fight Song

Genre: Pop-Rock

Comments: Gorilla Biscuts singer and lyricist Walter Schreifels has come out with his own record, titled An Open Letter to the Scene. It's a surprisingly pop record (not what you would expect from a guy involved in one of the pre-eminent bands in the hardcore straight-edge scene), but it really works in Schreifel's case--he plays all the instruments, and is able to write songs such as "The Ballad of Lil' Kim" without making it overly ridiculous. "An Open Letter to the Scene" also features two covers, one of Agnostic Front's "Society Suckers" and the other of CIV's "Don't Gotta Prove It", and overall the album is a solid pop undertaking, with a depth to both the lyrics and the insturmentation that stop it from being too sweet or too standard. Start with tracks 1, 3, 7, and 9 for good measure.