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Negatives - At the End of the Rope

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At the End of the Rope


Street punk's three-chords-and-the-truth style may be anachronistic, but it's far from dead. The Negatives channel the Clash and their descendants Rancid with gritty, mohawked fervor -- from Sweden, of all places. With raw but powerful production (by Klaus Ideberg of Swedish death metallers Darkane), At the End of the Rope packs more punch than many of punk's iconic records. The songwriting is sometimes as inspired, too. The band relies on gang vocals and walking basslines (Rancid's Matt Freeman comes to mind), but such tried-and-true devices work. "Kick It In" does exactly that, urgently challenging punk's self-imposed orthodoxy. The whining bends and defiant chorus of "Our Own Worst Enemie...

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