Impediments kick out the jams on this 11-song, 31-minute romp of classic punk and requisite rock'n'roll swagger. This particular edition comes on a cassette courtesy of Burger Records. Convenient! I'm just joshin', Burger dudes.

The Bay Area quartet kick it off with "LeAnn" and its Jerry Lee Lewis-style piano stomp. There's a little bit of reverb to the vocals and a little bit of a surf quality to the guitars, but everything sounds naturally snotty and the "vintage recording" vibe not too forced. And the song's about wanting to bed LeAnn Rimes, so...there's that.

"Stoned to Bed"'s opening sounds like it's cribbing the intro riff from the Romantics' "What I Like About You"--just speeding it up a bit, really. "2012" has some of the best backing "ahhh"s and guitar solos you'll hear in a song about the Mayan calendar's prediction about how we're all doomed in a few years.

If you have the record on less as background noise and more as a head-bobber for car rides, you'll actually dig mightily one of its longer songs--the 3:46 "Down" as it builds a wanky r'n'r climax of guitar riffing and sparse spacey effects.

Sure, the subject matter sometimes stretches the limits of goofisms here, but this self-titled debut is solid. I certainly wouldn't say it's the best thing since Guitar Romantic or anything, but definitely one of the more notable revival records in recent memory.

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