1. When your best song, “The Battle Of Hampton Roads” lasts fourteen minutes, you are an important writer per se.
2 The bagpipes are awesome.
3.. It appears to be (yes, I know, I coulda asked) about the period Stickles left NJ for Boston. Starts with him leaving and ends with his return.
4. It sounds great and it sounds major but without the arrogance you’d expect from such a big sound.
5. Time to drop the punk rock band tag.
6. If they’re taking this album on the road they are gonna break through and how.