I would not have believed that NOFX would come out with a great record in 2021, after almost 40 years. But Jesus, they pulled it off and made one of the most remarkable records of their storied career. Album opener \u201cThe Big Drag\u201d is a slow burn of a track, but it works so well in the band\u2019s advantage. Almost six minutes long, it\u2019s the type of the song that doesn\u2019t drag and keeps building up anticipation and excitement, the way an album opener should. All the classic NOFX tropes are still here and show the band aging gracefully. A song like \u201cI Love You More Than I Hate Me\u201d shows the same punk speed with a classic rock bent, which really works nicely together.<\/p>\n
Bringing in Karina from Dance Hall Crashers on keys and backing vocals was a stroke of genius as she brings more life to the vocals and keeps things peppy on the keys, something that was a bit lacking in earlier releases. The fact that the band can take a shot at one of their most popular tracks and make \u201cLinewleum\u201d is just fun and so self-referential it\u2019s just comical.<\/p>\n
Like most latter-day NOFX albums, the album takes a somber tone on songs like \u201cGrieve Soto,\u201d a memorial to Steve Soto from Adolescents, and \u201cMy Bro Cancervive Cancer,\u201d but that just helps elevate the album above the rest of the mundane punk rock that has been coming out lately. \u201cDoors And Fours\u201d is one of the best songs of the year and should rise quickly in the NOFX canon.<\/p>\n
I can\u2019t help but think that this was the type of record that Green Day should have made instead of Father Of All\u2026 <\/i>but I\u2019ll happily take the NOFX record because it\u2019s one of the best punk releases of this year. While it may a bit early, it might find its way onto my year end list. This is definitely the sort of punk rock we need right now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":34261,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[6834],"rating":[5617],"class_list":["post-46095","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-nofx","rating-rating-b-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/46095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/91"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/46095\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=46095"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=46095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}