Hypercaffium Spazzinate
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 13 Ratings
- Summary: The first new release in 12 years for the Southern California punk quartet was produced by the band's guitarist Stephen Egerton and drummer Bill Stevenson.
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- Record Label: Epitaph
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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| Long years waiting for it Lost patience given to disease Within me Long days fighting for it Lost years praying for relief From sickness and... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 16 out of 22
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Aug 5, 2016Despite Hypercaffium Spazzinate feeling as referential as it does, it's surprising that there's nothing obviously referencing ALL, the attitude and mantra that populated some of their earlier records. The sentiment is there however, it's rooted in the record, its sheer energy, and the attention which has gone in to making it.
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Nov 3, 2016Muscular production from the Blasting Room's Jason Livermore brings Stephen Egerton's melodic guitar to the forefront, and Alvarez and Stevenson's lockstep percussion sounds downright youthful.
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MagnetAug 11, 2016Hypercaffium Spazzinate finds the band reenergized and more characteristically succinct. [No. 134, p.55]
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Jul 26, 2016The songs prove, yet again, that the Descendents’ best cuts fully transcend their genre. They may be punk in speed, but it’s not their velocity that makes them lovable. It’s their tunes.
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Jul 29, 2016Descendents are playing punk rock for the same reasons they always did--they want to, and they need to--and the fact they can mature while sounding thoroughly like themselves makes Hypercaffium Spazzinate a welcome late-era addition to their catalog.
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Jul 27, 2016Hypercaffium could have been just another instalment in Descendents' long and fruitful career, and that would have been just fine; its biggest surprise is that it offers fans something new if nevertheless familiar, thereby cementing the band's continued relevance after all these years.
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Jul 26, 2016It’s unlikely to bend too many fresh young minds to their cause, but nearly 40 years since the band first formed, that seems like a secondary concern. Some reservations, but good work all in.
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