Doomed From The Start

General | Jan 2008

Reviews

Ragnar of Ravensfjord
Reviewed 2008-06-24
Poppy punk trio from San Jose. Pretty good stuff. More often than not, this has enough “oomph” to carry over. Comparable to Screeching Weasel, Dillinger Four, The Muffs and even Superchunk (especially in the vocals).

((((1))) Super negative but poppy punk with nasly but kinda infectious vocals.
(((2)))) Catchy and eh, "hooky" but the vocals are a too redundant to be fully enjoyable.
((((3)))) Polished, poppy punk. Suitable for all ages. (Well, maybe not the totally doomed lyrics).
(((4))) Nice uppity guitar sound & tight verses but the chorus is just so-so.
(((((5))))) Sharp & focused balanced almost evenly on loud power-pop & punk. File under "should be a hit in some alternative universe".
(((6))) Cynical and what they used to call "snotty" punk but a little too repetitive.
((((7)))) Basic rockin' riff, nice build up in each verse up to the chorus with good backing vox. Similar to early Superchunk.
(((8))) Bare bones poppy punk with a "piss off" attitude. Not bad but a little TOO simple.
((((9)))) Killer guitar sound and more power-pop/punk collisions.
(((10))) Too reliant on flat verses but a generally good guitar sound.
((11)) *Meh* too much pop and not enough punk here.
(((12))) Really good guitar/bass sound that carries over the just OK vocals.

Recent airplay

Misery
The DJ Never Has ItOct 16, 2009
Trapped Inside My Head
MortarSep 22, 2008
Winners Never Quit
Trapped Inside My Head
Single By Choice
On The WarpathJul 19, 2008
Trapped Inside My Head

Charting

2008-06-29 — 2008-08-31 Loud
Week EndingAirplays
Aug 3 1
Jul 27 1
Jul 20 2
Jul 6 2

Track listing

1. Single By Choice
2. Slit Our Wrists
3. Misery
4. Sexless Existence
5. Trapped Inside My Head
6. Can't Stand You
7. Winners Never Quit
8. Some Things Never Change
9. Give Me Everything
10. We Will Meet Again
11. Wasting Life
12. My Own Tragedy