THE MISSING 23RD
The Powers That Be (Sessions Records)
Reviewed by Holly Day

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This is exactly the sort of thing I would have bought and listened to when I was 14 - about 20 years ago. It sounds so much like Minor Threat and 7 Seconds and the rest of those bands it's eerie, down to the worldview concerns of those bands of the '80s: fighting authority, the evils of commercialism and consumerism, and how dumb everyone else is compared to the lead singer of the band. It's both refreshing and nostalgia-inspiring, and I wonder how many 14-year-olds out there today are going to latch onto this band the way I probably would have.

© 2003 - Holly Day