DESCENDENTS - Milo Goes To College 1982

Let's stay in the classics category and that includes the fucking great debut of the Descendents on New Alliance Records which hit the local record stores in 1982. Wiki says: "The album's mix of fast and aggressive HardcorePunk with melody and semi-ironic love songs led to it being considered one of the most significant albums of the early 1980s southern California Hardcore movement. In the decades since its release, it has received highly positive reviews and is now considered among the most noteworthy and important Punk albums by several publications. Milo Goes to College has been cited as influential and a favorite by several notable artists and musicians." Well, that may be true, I say: this is a terrific fifteen song power package with no failures and as pleasant as a summer day like today. And Milo's voice is absolutely fantastic, the subtle rough undertone has so much efficiency and gives the songs their snotty charm and the musicians carry it with their excellent interplay. Together with their second masterpiece I Don't Want To Grow Up, the Descendents have really created a new PopPunk style without losing any of their hardness and dirt. By the way, why I'm choosing these boys today? I've just ripped the new split EP that they released with the Circle Jerks and I only came across it by chance. Both bands cover each other's songs. Brilliant 7Inch, in limited editions in different colors. If you won't be a loser, hurry up.

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