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Apr 4, 2014They're among the very best American punk bands of their day, and show there's plenty of snarling, howling life left in the beast after all these years.
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Alternative PressApr 4, 2014This is no-frills, passionate hardcore with a purpose. [May 2014, p.93]
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Aug 1, 2014Analog tape thickens America's best punk band into an upward curve on its third LP.
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Apr 8, 2014When everything coalesces to take the songs up a notch, especially on “Death Trip on a Party Train” or “Meet Your God,” they prove punk rock knows no age limit.
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Apr 8, 2014OFF! prove that they can still lay claim to being the realest, rawest band in the land without handcuffing themselves creatively.
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Apr 4, 2014Righteous indignation has long fuelled OFF!, but Wasted Years is the band at their darkest and most venomous.
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Apr 8, 2014The band managed to keep the self-recorded Wasted Years crisp and orderly without editing any of the performances.
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Kerrang!Apr 30, 2014All songs were recorded in one take, no editing, no bullshit, and the album simply seethes with this urgent rawness. [5 Apr 2014, p.53]
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Apr 4, 2014Wasted Years features another 16 blasters to add to your ‘essential punk’ playlist.
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Apr 7, 2014The pit-friendly snarl of ‘I Won’t Be A Casualty’ and ‘You Must Be Damned’ show that these guys are all still the real deal.
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Apr 8, 2014Despite its scattered high points, though, it's hard not to think of Wasted Years as little more than the third most exciting OFF! record.
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Q MagazineApr 23, 2014Chaotic and raw, it exemplifies the best of US punk rock. [May 2014, p.116]
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Apr 8, 2014With the solid--and solidly predictable--Wasted Years, Morris has once again proven that he’s no punk-rock casualty. Sadly, Off! has the potential to do so much more than just scrape by on the scraps of his past.
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Apr 4, 2014Hardcore is as much about its physical impact as its melodies, but Off! deliver both.
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UncutApr 4, 2014It's a surprisingly varied record, the mood darkening towards the close, the band ever occasionally busting their habitual one-minute barrier. [May 2014, p.78]
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