Reviewed by Paul S Ganney

To celebrate ten years of the renowned US punk label Thumper Punk, they have released this 5-track EP. So I may as well review each track as it comes. First up are False Idle with "Turn The Page", a driving Sham 69-style shoutalong with a really nice switch in the middle. Absolved follow with "Absolved", a punchy song with a nice guitar solo and a massive "We are absolved!" at the end. The Hoax's "My Mom Thinks I'm Cool" is next, 13 seconds of pure energy and lightning chord work. The Way follow with "Harry's Song (Live)" which suffers a bit in sound quality compared to the others, but has some great bass and drum work on it and is, unusually for this genre, an instrumental solo (although I do recall the Buzzcocks doing a few). Finally, The King's Kids' "The Upright Stand (Live)" closes the album with the poppiest song on the album and one that I think deserves a studio session. Ten years? Here's to the next ten - if this is anything to go by they're going to be good.

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