GOOD RIDDANCE
Bound By Ties of Blood and Affection
(Fat Wreck Chords)
Reviewed by Jason Thornberry

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The production on this, the 98th album by Good Riddance, is crystal to the ears, but thematically disjointed. Bound By Ties of Blood and Affection feels as though one's going to the trouble of using binoculars to see an item six inches away, while the up tempo "punk rock" that Good Riddance subscribe to whizzes by but only appears to be moving very quickly. Meanwhile lyrics like "[you] wore all your cheap abuse like battle scars" and "media lies disguised as the truth" say nothing that you haven't already been told -- some of it by Good Riddance themselves years ago.

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