"Golden Boys" is the political track I was both expecting and repelled by, but upon further listening, it is more than that. I should note that these songs aren't new to me, but I'll review them anyway. I felt a rush af comfort from the first 2 songs, putting more faith in the band for their future release, and let the next 2 play. Near the end, it speeds up and reminds us of the band we bought this EP for and from. It's hard to listen to thanks to the still-distorted guitar and Mike's harsh vocals, but it's a fun song still. For 2 minutes this gives a taste of variety, albeit a slowly-structured one. "The Marxist Brothers" feels much more ska-influenced, and because of this slower pace and lack of hasty licks, it clocks in at the joint-longest song on the EP (Along with "Golden Boys"). They have no need to change a style that has helped them through 27 years, why change now? The song feels like it could've been taken from the band's earlier back catalogue, as Fat Mike's gritty singing accompanies an upbeat pop-punk riff. Luckily the opening intro to "Seeing Double At The Triple Rock" is enthused with the melody, distortion and tempo you'd expect from a band like NOFX. I pulled up Winamp and hit the Play button, and held my breath as the first track began. It contains 2 songs from the soon-to-be released full-length, along with 2 tracks from the exclusive 7" club and 2 made specifically for this EP. Their album, Wolves in Wolves’ Clothing, will be released later this year, and the traditional promotion EP is a sampler of what's to come. But 2006 might see a triumphant return to these aging punksters. And even if Fat Mike thinks he is some sort of messiah to these blind kids with "Not My President" t-shirts on, why should that get in the way of a great pop-punk band's music?Ģ005 saw the band shift gears once more, releasing the 7" Of The Month Club, a poor subscription based collection of rushed vinyls with 2 songs each (Which would ultimately get ripped for all the teenagers who immediately have to look up "vinyl player" on Wikipedia). The quintet's 2003 effort The War On Errorism was regarded as a stab at a political agenda, yet there are few songs on there which actively discuss the world's current state, and those are often quite sarcastic and not to serious. It's also sad that this overshadows most of their material. A band once thought of as the pioneers and carriers of a dying genre into a new generation are now seen as ranting Anti-Flag wannabes with nothing better to do than pedal more Bush propaganda.
As sad as it is to see this, NOFX have become something of a joke in the pop-punk world.
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