Anti-Flag - A New Kind Of Army - CD (1999)

Labels: go kart
Review by: Martin Brown

ANTI FLAG’s second album is a pretty strong release. If RANCID had got their shit together after “œLet’s Go” instead of doing that awful “œWolves” thing, this might be what their 3rd album would have sounded like. There’s punk fucking rock with a distinct element of anarcho-streetpunk culture, but rarely dominating the sound – it sounds like cool US punk with a really good, sneering singer. They do a bit of anthemic stuff, a few ska bits, and it all just fits together so nicely. Occasionally the CD is guilty of becoming too samey, but a lick or riff will often jump out, holding your attention. Fucking cool album, and definitely worth borrowing, or if that whole UTTERS, DROPKICKS, RANCID stuff is your trip, worth buying.