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uNF uNF:
I loved this album. Pulley really stepped it up in my opinion. I like everything from Slayer to Mxpx, but these guys hit the spot. Somewhat of a snowboard bum, i'm drawn to the classic "we're not going anywhere" attitude of punk and this album brings it to the table. Lots of new approaches to producing, and some bad religion -like chorus combos. interesting album, one i enjoyed from start to finish. especially track 2, 4 and 5.

Still holding on...:
Fresh from the meatgrinders at Epitaph Records is the band Pulley. They have finally put out a release as gaudy as the mid-seventies Ford Van on the cover of their album. The harmonies of the album are well orchestrated, despite the predictable progressions that many pop-punk bands have been moving towards on the West Coast. Lighthearted and upbeat, the album lacks any real technical depth save for their energetic attitudes. The very self-explanatory "Huber Breeze" reminds me of a good type of beer in the midwest, and for that I am very thankful; the album goes well with a six-pack. Pulley is Scott Radinsky on Vox, Mike Harder and Jim Blowers on Guitar, Tyler Rebbe on bass and Tony Palermo on Drums. Visit the band on the web at www.x-members.com.

I dont know what to say... this is just a great CD!:
I got into pulley about a year ago, and ive been waiting for this CD for over a year, and it does not dissapoint. Any fan of punk rock or pop punk(no not like simple plan and good charlotte, those are boy bands not pop punk) should pikc this up! best songs: Insects Destroy - different than the rest of the CD, one of the best songs ever, head to www.epitaph.com, go to pulleys section and d/l this track for free, its awesome ok well back to listing the best songs :) - Insects Destroy Bad Reputation Huber Breeze Immune Poltergiest but they all rock trust me :), also check out "Together Again For The First Time" and their self titled record!

Back With Definition:
This is by far the best Pulley album ever. Scott's vocals absolutly sore on this album. Scott does a lot of vocal tracking which is cool but questionable live. The vocal tracking especially stands out in songs like Blindfold, Huber Breeze and Insects Destroy. However there is just great tracking on all of them really. Anyone without the knowledge of music probably wouldn't tell but anyone with that knowledge could really tell the hard work Scott did on this album. He does a lot of great vocal harmonizing. There is not one weak moment on this c.d. with his vouice. For a real treat he goes acoustic on Thanks and everyone gets to hear his vouice really sore. Onto Jim Blowers the newest guitarist of Pulley. I met Jim at a show Pulley did in Lancaster, CA. While the show was terrible because El Dorado in Lancaster is the worst venue in the entire world (I don't think the sound guys there knew what they were doing at all) I was able to meet Jim after their set. He turned out to be a really great guy. Although at that time he was still playing songs that he didn't have any influence in writting. I was really anxious to see what would come out of him on this album. Jim uses Fender guitars so his sound is a bit different from Mike's it has a bit more of a twang to it. However his solo on Huber Breeze is absolutly fantastic. He is a bit of a guitar shredder while Mike is the melody maker. YSC has a great little guitar riff by Jim in it as well. It honestly sounds like something Bad Religion would do. Just starting a song off with a solo. Also Jim has a cool little melody in YSC. Not to mention the guitar melodic solo in Looking Back. Jim really does great on this album. Mike's work on this c.d. stands out in tracks such as Blindfold, Insects Destroy, and Poltergeist. Mike really doesn't solo that much from what I can hear. Mike does a lot of melodys like Insects Destory and Poltergeist. Then in Blindfold the little breakdown melody right after the 2nd chorus is just so unique it reminds me of something Fugazi would do for a second. Also it's hard to hear if Mike does the solo for I Remember but there is great guitar work in that song. All and all Mike provides a great thickness with his guitar on this album. It's hard to tell what Jim and Mike do because a lot of the solos seem to be tracked into both right and left. Tyler and Tony work great on this album. I've never heard Tyler so melodic before. I would pick out certain tracks for his goofy ass but he seems to do really great on everything. If you just listen to the background you'll hear all this cool bass stuff everywhere. Stomach Aches has great bass lines in it. Tyler's bass fills and great finger picking make this album so solid. Tony's drums are just great too. All his work in Ten Foot Pole was great and honestly TAFFT didn't have that great of drum work, this album has really great work in it. Tony goes really fast on this album again and is really tight again with his fills. He has really come far as a drummer. In closure this is by far the best Pulley c.d. out there right now. It took them nearly three years to make this album and it was worth every second of waiting. This is the best punk rock album I've heard in a very long time. It has the melodic Pulley mixed with the fast Pulley and makes the best album I have ever heard by them. There isn't really one bad song on this entire album. The entire album just gives you that good feeling inside. If your a fan of Lagwagon, No Use For A Name, NOFX, Millencolin, anything in that area there is no way you will not like this album. It's fantastic, Pulley did a hell of a job!!!

• Bad Reputation
• Blindfold
• Huber Breeze
• Insects Destroy
• Looking Back
• Poltergeist
• Immune
• YSC
• Stomach Aches
• I Remember
• Suitcase
• Thanks