The Shivvies

Punk Boys

(Shield Recordings)

In 1974, when a handful of Forest Hills boychiks lugged second-hand equipment into Hilly's dive, they surely didn't envision their eventual style would attain subgenre status. But "Ramonescore" now thrives. And in the hands of this Netherlands gang, the intoxicating amalgam of bubbblegum and buzzsaw-chording bombards to high effect. Originality appears in the form of lyrical particularity. (Sax-enriched Pop ballad "Crying All the Way Home" haunts long after its conclusion.)

Recommended: "Fighting Chance," "Runaway Girl," "No Can Do," "Rainbow," "Nobody Cares About Me," "Punk Boys," "I Don't Just Wanna Have Fun," "Weapon Of Mass Destruction," "Party All Night," "Outer Space," "SM 046," "Crying All the Way Home"

Videos: "Nobody Cares About Me"  "Crying All the Way Home"

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