No Friends - s/t - CD (2009)

Labels: No Idea Records
Review by: Alex Deller

Perfectly serviceable if slightly indistinct bout of melodic hardcore here from the No Idea camp, gunning for a Minor Threat / Dag Nasty / early Reagan Youth vibe rather than anything remotely gruff or beardish. With not one single song hitting the three-minute mark things are kept sharp and to the point with crisp riffing, decent lyrics and a sturdy series of yells n’ hollers whooping the message home, but for all their energy and gusto there’s not a whole lot (besides, say, the fun-times oohs n’ aahs to be found in “œBroken Windows” or the neat lil breakdown mid-way through “œSans Opinions”) to tear you away from the same 80s greats you’ve been playing into the ground for however many years and prompt you to sling this one on instead.