This is an album of 3 7inch releases that have been compiled, but I am counting this as an actual album since the way they are presented here flows sensibly. Things kick off with a more punk rock feel. The guitar that keeps "Feels Like End Times" in motion has a great deal of the rock side of the punk rock equation. The vocals that are shouted with a great deal of anger are the most hardcore thing about this song. It is however a great song so it does not matter if they are hardcore or not. It sounds like this is how these guys are if they just picked up their instruments and took the stage.
They work off of a very high in-your-face energy. From what I can make out of the lyrics I can appreciate the sentiment. The bass drives the second song, though the guitars join in with frantic rock n roll fervor. Things get a little more serious with "Survival". They are still more on the side of punk, but attacking it with renewed intensity. "Lonesome Valley Ammunitions" finds the intensity dialed up and I think the sonic heaviness of it along with the hyper-aggressive delivery of the vocals crosses the line over into hardcore. It works off a building tension. Two minutes in and the drummer is really earning his cut of the door.
"Indianapolis Talking Blues" is a spoken word piece where they are taking on more of a Western flair. This ambling Americana is appreciated, as the lyrics keep things abstract to give a wider panoramic view of the dumpster fire world. Then comes their cover of the Stooges "I Wanna Be Your Dog" Rather than try to follow the vocal cues of Iggy which would require actual singing, he screams his way through it. "End Times Dub" is a remix that works pretty well. I will give this one a 9.5, these guys are solid and what I look for from punk iff if they did just scream their way through the Stooges cover, I can live with it, at least they know who the Stooges are making them real punk.
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