Name: Symptoms *
Brand: Fat Wreck Chords
SKU: 23123846
Price: 243 HKD
Availability: InStock

Symptoms *

By Useless ID

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Format

Vinyl (1 Disc)

Release Date

13 February 2012

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Album: Symptoms *
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Live or Die
2)	Before It Kills
3)	Normal with You
4)	Erratic
5)	Manic Depression
6)	Sleeping with Knives
7)	Symptoms
8)	Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
9)	New Misery
10)	Waiting for an Accident
11)	Fear in the Mirror
12)	Somewhere

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Album: Symptoms *
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Live or Die
2)	Before It Kills
3)	Normal with You
4)	Erratic
5)	Manic Depression
6)	Sleeping with Knives
7)	Symptoms
8)	Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
9)	New Misery
10)	Waiting for an Accident
11)	Fear in the Mirror
12)	Somewhere

EAN

0751097078716

Writer

Useless ID

Country

USA

Studio/Live

Studio

Label

Fat Wreck Chords

Performer Notes

While one might expect an Israeli punk trio to have an accented, worldly spin to its music -- like Monotonix, for example -- Useless ID couldn't sound more like an American punk-pop group. On the first of their albums for Fat Wreck Chords, the label's influence is clearly felt. In fact, there's not much to differentiate Symptoms from a late-period NOFX record. Compared to Fat Mike, Yotam Ben Horin's lyrics are more emo-centric than punny, but otherwise he sounds a lot like him, and similarly, his songs are quick blasts, full of boxy distorted riffs, "whoa-oh" vocals, and slapdash drumming. In other words, it's pretty standard skatepunk, despite the origins of the band. That said, they deserve credit for imitating the sounds of Southern California so accurately, and assuming that was their intention, working with the Descendents' Bill Stevenson again as a producer was a smart judgment call. ~ Jason Lymangrover

Professional Reviews

Alternative Press (p.99) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Their more ribald and raucous edges have been sanded down by looser down-picked strokes, slicker backing vocals and bigger helpings of melody."