go for it. viva la revolution!

i'm not much of a punk rock fan but that sommerset song esp. the pitch shifting effect is ace.
lucid 3, dana eclair, staple and the shapeshifer number were the highlights for me.
the panam and p money tracks were both good.
i've heard a lot of good things about fuce - i hope they've got more to offer than what was on that disc.
eight sounded like creed crossed with some other shit that i've never bothered to learn the name of.
everything else didn't leave to much of an impression.
anyone want to guess what bands gonna shoot to stardom over this one. p money excluded of course - he's already famous.

My turn! Here's my initial thoughts:

Panam - Long Grass
An interesting blend of 1960s British pop and 1990s American indie-pop, both sweet and sarcastic. But no, I can never love a song that utilises a kazoo.

Lucid 3 - Smooth Machine
Another one of those wonderful moments where I realise that this is not an overseas group, but it's all home grown. Beautiful guitar.

P Money - Synchronize Thoughts
How does P Money manage to make accordions sound both sexy and menacing? This track is like a monster truck coming to run over your village.

Fuce - Restless
The relatively light and poppy music and the heavier-sounding lyrics and vocals don't really go together. I'd probably really like this if it was instrumental.

Eight - Moments Gone
I'm really bored by this song. It's nothing new, just another boring boganny, guitarry song...

Marystaple - New Dog
...Whereas this song excites me. It's guitarry, but the guitars do something. The vocals are a little over-wrought, but the song's energy makes up for it.

Kitsch - 11/11
I'm glad I heard this, because I was going to dismiss Kitsch as crap based on their previous single which was a silly novelty song. This much better and the singer doesn't sound as whiny as I remembered.

Stoods - Portrait
Hey, this is nice. Big, crunchy guitars carrying the song along and there's actually a bit of meaning to the lyrics.

Sommerset - Clutter
I love Sommerset and this is a great song. Two and a half minutes of punky joy. It's the sort of song that makes me want to jump around while watching them play live.

Lindon Puffin and the Bleeding Hearts - Rock No More
Fuck off. Go back to 1982 and stay there.

Dana Eclair - Trouble
Miserablistic (and I don’t mean that as an insult) and it sounds like the sort of song that’d be part of the soundtrack should my life ever be made into a film.

Shapeshifter - Move With Me
I was really enjoying this song until I was rudely shocked by the shittiness of the lyrics. If I didn’t understand English, this song would be wonderful - but I suspect it's not meant to be making a deep statement.

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I must say I enjoyed the whole CD.

Granted a few tracks were pretty mediocre but they weren't awful.

I've listened to this CD a few times straight through without jumping up and wanting to instantly skip to the next track.

My favourites: Sommerset, Pan Am, Kitsch and Marystaple.

Saw him live in QT on Friday night and was totally blown away by his performance! My first thought was "why doesn't the whole world know about this guy?" He's got so much energy on stage and his "documentary" on his travels around nz, which was playing in the background, was wicked. And lay off the comments about his style - it's great to see someone who's not scared of having his own identity...instead of just following the mainstream. Rock on Lindon!