As far as I can gather Jeff Corso has been playing in bands in the Bay Area for the past 20 years but seems like exclusively hardcore until now. Full disclosure: I’m only reviewing this because Aesop from Hickey plays drums. That said, I generally only review stuff I like, so go figure.
This doesn’t sound like Hickey but since Aesop has mostly played in death metal bands since the demise of one of my all time faves, it’s very cool to hear him playing in a punk band again. A good punk band, too, that kinda reminds me of '80s-'90s melodic stuff like Big Drill Car and Doughboys. To make a more contemporary comparison maybe Supercrush with the crunchy guitars and hard rock riffs a la Thin Lizzy. Also being from the Bay Area I can’t help but think the classical guitar transitioning into a heavy guitar rock shows an influence of Tony Molina and/or maybe going back as far as Fucking Champs. These are all top notch references in my book so (maybe needless to say) I like this even without the Hickey connection and the only reason I wouldn’t have otherwise reviewed it is that it’s a 4-song CD so not exactly something I’m going to seek a physical copy of but I’d happily check out a full-length if that comes further down the line..
