There are a grand total of twenty-four tracks on Reality Vacation, that's a lot of hardcore. However, like most bands on Malfunction their first release on compact disc usually serves as a discography of sorts, which is always nice for the record player deficit out there. So let's divide this up.
Tracks one through nine are the actual Reality Vacation 7" and showcase thrashy fast hardcore songs that break it down from time to time for some mosh fun. Lyrically, Right On tackles the time-honored subject of being bored, assholes in the pit, working, and not needed people's bullshit. I could see anyone into Youth of Today or Black Flag getting into this band. I could also see anyone that digs Comeback Kid or Lights Out having Right On in his or her record collections. They are pissed off enough to make the mostly pure of hardcore purists pump their fists enthusiastically in the air as they avoid stage dives from some bright-eyed clean shaven sixteen-year-old in a Bane hoodie.
Track ten through fifteen are from their No Joke 7" that came out a couple of years ago. Right On are more thrash here than they are Reality Vacation, but not without some decent hardcore sensibilities shining through those rapid drumbeats and shredding guitar licks.
Track sixteen is called "Those Who Own the Streets, Own the City" and it is a What Happens Next cover. I never heard the original so I couldn't tell you how it holds up.
Tracks seventeen and eighteen are demo tracks from Reality Vacation which happen to show up on the actual Reality Vacation 7" anyhow.
Track nineteen through twenty-four is Right On's first demo. More angry and more thrash than the first 7" or Reality Vacation, but nevertheless it's a demo and it's recorded and played like one.
So let's say you are a Right On completist out there and just can't find this band's first 7" or demo on eBay. Well look no further than this CD and you, yes you, can have it all Mr. Right On super-fan. Personally I think it's a bit of an overkill and would of liked just the Reality Vacation 7" and maybe the No Joke 7" included on the CD version and left the demo tracks off so people that own it can say how much Right On ruled when they first came out.
Lyrically and musically, I like Right On. It's fun but not complicated on both ends although it hits the right chords and sends the right message. Malfunction has never let me down with anything they have released and Reality Vacation is no exception. Oh yeah the best part, none of these songs are over two minutes long.
