Alert Today Alive Tomorrow

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(CD, Album) Original 1999 US pressing | CD just has some lighter faint sweeps, plays perfectly | Tray insert just has a hole punch through upc otherwise top notch | *** TONS MORE PUNK, INDIE, HARDCORE, METAL CDS AND VINYL LISTED ***

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Kim Shattuck has a magic touch when it comes to hook-happy power pop. She writes the kind of catchy tunes that might seem effortless to compose but whose grace and precision come from more than just a nifty chord progression. The former Pandora has the knack and the guitar chops to make these rollicking three-minute pop songs memorable–you practically need the jaws-of-life to get them out of your head. The raucous tunes about envy, jealousy, true love, and well-deserved enmity are delivered with the melodic surge of Nirvana combined with the chutzpah of the Shangri-Las. The deft rhythms of bassist Ronnie Barnett and drummer Roy McDonald give Shattuck a straightforward anchor for her crispy chords and cat-scratch vocals. Fans of the dirty sound of Happy Birthday to Me and Blonder and Blonder might worry that Alert‘s ultraclean production signals that the Muffs are going for a more high-class sound, but don’t worry–they’re not straying too far from their roots. They’re just moving up to three-car-garage rock. –Lois Maffeo