(By Howard Haigh, Wigan Music Scene, Feburay 2001)

AN 11-track epic. Running time: 23 minutes, six seconds. Hang on, 11 tracks in a little over 23 minutes?

Cleverly, Kermitz Middle Finger give you songs short enough to make you wonder whether you actually heard something or not, so you have to put it back on… smart! Ina DIY shambolic style not unlike early Buzzcocks, the Kermitz lads give us the true spirit of punk. OK they haven't worried about achieving a refined production but in this case it doesn't really matter.

Songs include a rant about beef burger vendors and CJD, about hating your home town because it's small and everyone's related, (surely not Wigan?), about spy type stalking fanatics… oh and there's a brilliant song called Diagnosis Murder with a chorus of "Dick Van Dyke!!!"

Chuck in an amphetamine-powered 12-bar blues with easy lyrics, (think it's actually just "Hey"), and my personal favourite chorus of "Good things never come to those who wait" from the song staccato pigmy. This is a CD which has you coming back for more.