DESA
Year in a Red Room (Substandard Records)
Reviewed by Holly Day

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I think if I'd heard this album maybe 20 years ago, I wouldn't mind it nearly so much, but as it is, I've heard so many hundreds and hundreds of bands that sound just like this one that all I can think is, "What's the point?" Do we really need another indistinguishable pop-punk band that utilizes the occasional minor chord for added "edginess," melodic vocals about what, being angry or being in love or a general frustration with the world? Apparently we do, because these records keep coming out, and people keep buying them.

© 2004 - Holly Day