This single won’t win any awards for power, but it’s still rather engaging in an inoffensive sort of way. The melodic “One Man’s Crusade” has evocative lyric concerns and catchy guitar progressions, but neither of the mid-tempo tracks here boast any of DEAD MAN’S SHADOW’s former abrasiveness or aggression. For fans of subdued pop-punk.
“Toleration Street” is barely tolerable pop/punk/rock; the B-side isn’t at all tolerable. Enough said.
Jeff, the next time you assign me to review some so-so ’77 sounding UK stuff, you better make sure it’s a 45, or I’m gonna force to sit in your room and listen to it at full volume.
This group’s first EP had a certain charm that they have now replaced with a leaden sound like that of label-mates ANTI-PASTI. The result is pretty nondescript.
