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The Pulley are positioned in an ideal hybrid between Bad Religion (after all, they are published by the beloved Epitaph), early Green Day, and the more direct and less awkward Nofx.
Thus, an absolutely entertaining Californian punk album that doesn’t allow for any drop in tension within the thirteen brief tracks that comprise it, where the straightforwardness of the music is happily balanced by the lyrics of the leader Scott Radinsky, often soaked with the bitterness of personal events.
This feeling acts as a common thread and adds substance to an album that is fairly rich in choruses and catchy melodies, where the lesson taught by Bad Religion has been fully absorbed (“Lost Trip” above all) and where ample echoes of the less intoxicated Nofx appear (“Runaway”).
The frontal assaults are repeated with a tried and true formula with few variations that, when they arrive, are welcome, as in the hypothetical single “Hooray For Me”, an open-hearted declaration of intent as candid as it is sincere, or like in the small travel diary “The Ocean Song”.
It's a pity for the evident final drop with three tracks that feel like fillers and suffer from the lack of choruses that stick in memory; otherwise, we could have talked about a little hidden treasure of punk rock. The advice to make it one’s own remains valid for all fans of this musical genre.
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