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  Review by: KirbyPuckett See others by this writer ![[staff]](/images/icons/staffsticker.gif){kind=icon}
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Published on June 9th 2004
I’m having the worst case of writers block trying to review this disc and I was so excited about getting to appraise it. Basically what I’m gnawing at is that Ten Foot Pole is back. Not back like when the came out of a couple years slumber and released the disappointing Bad Mother Trucker. I’m talking about being back like “Hey, this album is almost as good as Insider or Rev. It’s probably because that nice guy Ryan Greene was fiddling with the controls again. He’s so swell, why have punk bands been neglecting him lately…*cough* Pulley? After to trying to write some kind of intro with no success I found myself frustrated and tried writing about the music. I stumbled when attempting to convey just how pissed the band sounds on the opening track “Wake Up (And Smell the Fascism)” as if they were Propagandi or ran out of milk for breakfast in the morning. The guitars blaze as Dennis Jagard barks angrily, raising his boyish voice to new levels of maturity. I didn’t like the adolescent direction the band takes on “Kicked Out Of Kindergarten,” “She Looks Like,” and “Last Call For Russel’s Balls”, but despite the immaturity I still sing along since these four musicians have the ability to write irresistibly catchy songs. I also failed to express how the story of Rachel Corrie sorrowfully hit me in the song with the same title. From there the album plays out just like a typical Ten Foot Pole disc should, SoCal skate punk crafted impeccably. I figured I’d throw a comment about how TFP continue with this summer’s fashion and toss some anti-Bush material around the field (just check out the album’s title). Oh yeah, I forgot to mention how you might have agreed with me when I said that “Still Believe” will finish as one of the top punk songs of the year. I apologize for my lackluster review; I just couldn’t find the words. However, don’t let my lack of productivity shun you away though; in a year when melodic punk is crawling back into the scene Ten Foot Pole’s Subliminable Messages will fit perfectly in between it’s peers like the Descendents and Bad Religion.
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Such a fucking good album. This is what skate/punk should sound like. Rachel Corrie is one of the greatest songs ever made. This album is their best in my opinion with insider next. sick This has to be the worst Ten Foot Pole CD. I thought their last one Bad Mother Trucker was their best. Just listen to their first song on Subliminable Messages and tell me it's not pure crap. Leave political punk to Bad Religion and Rise Against. great skate-punk record! They are old enough to know how to play it! respect! Best TFP record that I've heard, great production I listened to Insider for the first time in quite a while and I think excluding Bad Religion that is the best cd Epitaph has ever put out. what the hell are you doing dissing pulley's production? they have always had some of the best in punk, and have you HEARD matters? obviously not, (because i haven't heard a record produced that well since god knows when) unless you think it's bad production because you just undermine a smaller band's ability to make a living by downloading their songs as crappy mp3s and passing judgement on the songs based on the sound they have coming out of your windows 98 porn-infested pc's 1 bit speakers. when did the singer of Nerf Herder start singing for Ten Foot Pole??? So-Cal skate punk is tops and we should have more of it. Any skate punk bands you fulla's know of? It's hard to find that shit in this country. post here email my ass redpezly@hotmail.com and I'll attempt to return the favour, alternatively sign me up to copius amounts of gay porn. I wonder if they have another Insider left in 'em. Score's for that album I just don't get this shit anymore......... rachel corrie, awwwesome song... my fav tfp album after insider, and i got all cept swill, which i was too lazy to buy when they came around seling it... this style died? what the hell go listening to bands like taking back sunday.. who take this style water it down and make it sound like shit.. I like ryan green's production, but i'm sorry, ditching him was the best thing pulley ever did. Matters is far and away their best release. "this is getting boring, this style died 2-3 years ago" I drove to five different stores but I still couldn't find this thing yesterday. Finally had to order it online. This is a true return to form The Marc - agree with you on that one, big man. That was a stanky album. they have a new singer? It's really really hard for me to want to buy this after Bad Mother Trucker. this is getting boring, this style died 2-3 years ago I don't like this guy's voice. not to show you up, but i wrote a review up HERE. Sorry for the terrible review, I'm having some slight personal problems here, but the review needed to be in. Cough* Pulley>Hey Kirb-Pulley sounded like a new band with Matt Hyde for some reason when i reviewed their last album i got hyper excited and gave it way too good of a score. this album is much better than bad mother trucker and a step in the right direction to regaining their sound from their better days. new? WOHA! i think that the new singer is much better then that scott guy.. he had a voice that was to whiney in the longer run... This album surprised me VERY much! higly recomended! y'all If you had such the case of writers block, why did you waist my time? That was the worst fucking thing I have ever read. You just made not want to buy the album. Never review an album again or else no band would make money off album sales. Worst fuckin review ever. Why did you submit it if it was so shitty? Retard. Good CD. Pulley avoided Ryan Greene because they wanted to try someone different, as they say on the extras on the disc- just a different direction really etc- it works i think Good CD. Pulley avoided Ryan Greene because they wanted to try someone different, as they say on the extras on the disc- just a different direction really etc- it works i think This score is for the review. "propaghandi are vergan. they dont drink milk. thank you." This album is just like any other TFP album; some throw-away songs, and some really good songs. And that's a good thing. Just to expand on my comment below, beofre this, I didnt really have a second favorite TFP record at all. I listened to this after I listened to "empire strikes first" so I wasn't really floored by it, suffice to say, It's now my new second favorite TFP album though ! I was referring to TFP not getting their daily dose of calcium. Ohh, beat down, slammed, mother fucker slash slash, whip it fucker, slapped it fuck you Matt. i like some of the songs - an decent album propaghandi are vergan. they dont drink milk. thank you. |
