Review - Ten Foot Pole “Insider”
album on
Epitaph through Shock!
Combining
the elements of today’s better punk artists (Green
Day, Heatmiser, Frenzal Rhomb, The
Offspring), Ten
Foot Pole out of San
Francisco have created something again, and quite well too, on their
epitaph album “Insider” through Shock!
From
the opening lead-crackles and feedback of Getaway,
Ten
Foot Pole have moved away from the anger
and despair favoured by some punk purveyors. They have focused instead on
aspects of their lives than make it enjoyable, but it’s not just girls, cars,
sex and partying! There’s plenty of that here in Officer I Swear She’s 19, Nothing To Lose, and I Got Your Letter, but the lyrics and
music are not just three chords over some screaming: they’re meaningful, thoughtful
and entirely credible.
Ten
Foot Pole “Insider” on Epitaph through Shock! is one of
the outstanding releases of punkdom so far this year
. Given the exposure of the bigger Epitaph
acts, their time, too, will come ««««