Hard to imagine that a group of people can get together and create something this perfect and then....nothing else. History will likely file ANXIOUS LIVING alongside other late-aughts dark punks, but the careful listener will notice the difference/s immediately. The sound is rooted in '70s punk - as much early Slash and Dangerhouse as SOVIETTES and WAX IDOLS and they drive their machine hard even when trading vocal harmonies in "Graveyard Orbit," inviting inevitable Doe/Cervenka comparisons. There are only five songs here (including a gorgeous WIPERS cover) but, as I've said countless times in these pages: if your legacy is short then make your legacy great.
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