Emerging in 1986 and led by fiery straight-edge. Opener “Edmund Pettus Bridge” imagines “one billion hearts entwined in revolution,” and “Wish You Well” boasts one of the catchiest choruses of the band's long discography. Good Riddance is a politically and socially charged melodic hardcore punk band from Santa Cruz, California. The tracks on the album span 1993 to 2006 and include songs from Good Riddance's Gidget and Decoy EPs and their split releases with Reliance, Ignite, Ill Repute, and Ensign, as well as three tracks from Fat Wreck Chords compilations and six previously unreleased demo tracks. But Thoughts and Prayers isn’t without light. Capricorn One: Singles & Rarities is a compilation album by the Santa Cruz, California -based punk rock band Good Riddance, released through Fat Wreck Chords July 6, 2010, three years after the band's breakup. El grupo se formó en el año 1986 y se separaría en el 2007, después de editar siete álbumes de estudio a través del sello Fat Wreck Chords. “No King but Caesar” warily eyes the destructiveness of complacency, and the dire warning of “Pox Americana” would be too much to bear without its vocal harmonies and soaring guitar. Good Riddance fue una banda de punk rock estadounidense procedente de Santa Cruz, California. “Our Great Divide” reflects the unprecedented polarization of American society over a classic three-chord progression and breakneck beat. Though the anxiety and anger of the day is palpable on Thoughts and Prayers, a title taken from the inane platitudes spouted by politicians after mass shootings. As a voice of resistance through four presidential administrations, Good Riddance seems well-suited for these fraught times-but don’t expect a bunch of obvious anti-45 screeds.
That spirit drove classic albums like For God and Country, A Comprehensive Guide to Moderne Rebellion, and Ballads from the Revolution, and it carries through to the brand new album Thoughts and Prayers-the band’s second album since reforming in 2012. There might be occasional lulls and moments too generic to overlook despite the band's rugged honesty (it ends with all four tracks of 1993's okay-ish Gidget 7"), but this is an otherwise consistent collection that offers one final, valuable look on the overlooked gems of Good Riddance's long and storied catalog.***For more than 25 years, GOOD RIDDANCE has written tuneful punk anthems that take on injustice in all forms. I think the Ataris stole a bassline from "Remember When" for "Angry Nerd Rock", too. Of course, there's a ton of songs with the skatepunk tilt of their mid-'90s output, like the darker "Off the Wagon" (another 1996 split 7", this one with Ill Repute), the R.K.L.-tinted "Tragic Kingdom" (an unreleased demo from 1993) and the grit and Fat Wreck-ish guitars of "Always" (2001's Live Fat, Die Young). Rankin pretty much regards "What We Have" as a throwaway in the insightful liner notes (bonus), but in the context of this comp, it feels fresh. The excellent, straightforward hardcore approach to "What We Have" (1997 split 7" with Ensign) picks things up perfectly after the relatively forgettable, lower-fi "Free" (1995's Decoy 7"). That spirit drove classic albums like For God and Country, A Comprehensive Guide to Moderne Rebellion, and Ballads from the Revolution, and it carries through to the brand new album Thoughts and Prayersthe band’s second album since reforming in 2012. Voir tout Vinyle album 23,79 CD album 19,99 Caractéristiques Voir tout Interprète(s) Good Riddance.
Écouter tous les titres Format : Vinyle album. It's a spate of early versatility on the disc sets the tone for Capricorn One: It contrasts nicely, but flows well regardless, like the Kid Dynamite shadowing of the fun and punctual "Overcoming Learned Behavior" (1999's Short Music for Short People) to the more frustration-laced, interesting major/minor key changes of the raw "Flawed" (1996 split 7" with Reliance). For more than 25 years, GOOD RIDDANCE has written tuneful punk anthems that take on injustice in all forms. Capricorn one Good Riddance (Interprète) Vinyle album, import Paru le 5 juillet 2010. That means the mildly poppier slant of opener "Stand" (from 1997's Physical Fatness comp) gives way to the harder, crunchier brute of "Class War 2000", pulled from a 1996 split 7" with Ignite. All the tracks are sequenced probably however the band saw fit.
Unlike most compilations you might come across, there's no chronological order here. Capricorn One: Singles & Rarities came three years after melodic hardcore/punk vets Good Riddance called it a day, and that ensures that their discography was combed well enough for this enjoyable and solid 21-track collection that spans both their social/political themes and frontman Russ Rankin's torch songs. It's great to see a B-sides collection released after a band breaks up so nothing is missed.
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