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Civ- Set Your Goals

Started by Eoin McLove, June 17, 2019, 10:59:02 AM

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June 17, 2019, 10:59:02 AM
Every couple of years I root this out for a spin and I've had it on repeat this morning.  Such a great album.  I don't have a big hard-core punk collection by any stretch but when the mood takes me this kind of stuff is unbeatable and brings me right back to being a teenager.  The songs are catchy as Hell and the lyrics are great- total positivity and self empowerment.  Great music for driving around when the sun is out (between the showers). I thought Thirteen Day Getaway was alright too but it wasn't a patch on this.  Any other takers?
#1 June 17, 2019, 11:29:11 AM
Absolute banger of an album, love it. Though Gorilla Biscuits will always be slightly ahead of it for me.
#2 June 17, 2019, 11:43:57 AM
I've always meant to grab some GB but haven't yet.  Must rectify that.
#3 June 17, 2019, 12:14:20 PM
Another shout for Gorrilla Biscuits, love all the old Revelation Records stuff too. Never followed the later incarnations like Civ, Quicksand or whoever but I may rectify that today.
#4 June 18, 2019, 11:57:51 AM
I remember them from either superrock of headbanger ball. Really catchy. I really like his voice. It was only when I got a gorilla biscuits album years later I realised it was the same fella.
#5 June 19, 2019, 01:11:00 PM
Not my kind of thing, much prefer Gorilla Biscuits.
#6 June 19, 2019, 05:58:15 PM
Finally got round to this the other day, not a patch on  Gorilla Biscuits but decent enough all the same. Maybe if I heard it in the 90s I might be a bit more enthusiastic. I found it a little saccharine or just too poppy in places but theres enough GB/hc style songs that kept my interest. I can hear how they influenced other bands and even the albums aesthetic but how was this received commercially at the time? I think they may have headlined the first Warped Tour before it quickly turned to total shit
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