Power Up
I dug this piece out when somebody reminded me that this record was released a year ago this week. As bad as things suck now, they sucked even worse back then, so it’s hard to overstate how much ear-damaged guitar players all over the place were looking forward to this release, the band’s first in 6 years. We were desperate for a fleeting glimpse of normalcy….even if said glimpse only lasted 41 minutes and 7 seconds, and was sure to be really really loud.