Top tracks — play these first
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Mighty Idy — The opener sets the pace with a careening garage-rock attack, introducing the band's affection for unruly 1960s rock at punk speed.
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Cinderella — DMZ's version of the Sonics song makes the album's garage-rock ancestry explicit, driving its fairy-tale put-down with abrasive energy.
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Out of Our Tree — This Wailers cover reaches back to an earlier generation of Pacific Northwest garage rock, giving the band a vehicle for its rough-edged sound.
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From Home — The closing Troggs cover compresses the band's approach into a brisk finale, connecting its Boston punk setting to British garage-rock primitivism.
Elevation
Our rating, out of 100 — and why.
AI-generated from five scored dimensions. An opinion, not a measurement.
The album's fast-paced tracks and raw sound capture punk's energy but may not offer deep lyrical or musical complexity.
What we noticed
- The album features short, punchy tracks averaging around two minutes each, maintaining a relentless pace throughout.
- Guitar riffs are prominent and often distorted, driving the energy of the songs while the drums keep a steady, aggressive beat.
- Vocals are delivered with a raw, urgent style that matches the intensity of the instrumentation, often layered with backing shouts.
- Composition 25% of the score
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6/10
- Craft 20% of the score
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7/10
- Durability 25% of the score
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5/10
- Distinctiveness 18% of the score
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7/10
- Sequencing 12% of the score
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6/10
the writing — melody, harmony, structure, lyrics
production, performance, arrangement
whether it rewards returning to it
whether it sounds like itself
running order, pacing, length
Known within its scene. Reported but not counted — how far a record travelled describes its reception rather than the record, and a newer release has had less time to travel than an older one.
Moments worth listening for
Where the writing does something specific.
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Cinderella
The refrain repeatedly addresses its target by a fairy-tale name while the verses accuse her of treating the speaker badly.
The familiar character becomes a mocking shorthand, turning a romantic complaint into a compact piece of garage-rock theater.
Tracklist
Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.
- 1 Mighty Idy 2:28
- 2 Bad Attitude 3:00
- 3 Watch for Me Girl 2:23
- 4 Cinderella 2:43
- 5 Don't Jump Me, Mother 3:23
- 6 Destroyer 2:17
- 7 Baby Boom 2:20
- 8 Out of Our Tree 3:01
- 9 Borderline 2:38
- 10 Do Not Enter 2:15
- 11 From Home 1:35
What to play next
Reference: Wikipedia · MusicBrainz · Wikidata
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