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Apr 4, 2014Wasted Years features another 16 blasters to add to your ‘essential punk’ playlist.
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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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Q MagazineApr 23, 2014Chaotic and raw, it exemplifies the best of US punk rock. [May 2014, p.116]
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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 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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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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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, 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 8, 2014The band managed to keep the self-recorded Wasted Years crisp and orderly without editing any of the performances.
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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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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, 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 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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Under The RadarJun 6, 2014The hardcore supergroup rips through 16 songs in a tad over a half hour ferociously, but also maintains a tight song structure. [Jun/Jul 2014, p.95]
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Apr 14, 2014It’s nowhere near as hot as the real prime stuff the early ’80s gave us (Poison Idea, Void, Tar Babies, that sort of thing) and still lags behind the young ‘uns who’re keeping the genre fresh and vital.
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Apr 10, 2014Wasted Years feels less like an event than an album it still discernibly trumps the alternatives.
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Apr 8, 2014Wasted Years is unlikely to appeal to a whole new legion of fans, but those already on-board should be happy with their order of ‘more of the same’.
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Apr 7, 2014There are basically no odd turns here, no tangents into unexpected territory and certainly nothing at will make you spin your head round for a second glimpse. That being said, it fulfils its remit with consummate ease and you'd be hard pressed to say it's unenjoyable.
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