Following in the tradition of other indie, but well-funded punk labels such as
Lookout!
,
Fat Wreck Chords
and
Epitaph
come a CD sampler under five bucks. This time we have
Hopeless Records
following into this trend, but not to say that this is a bad idea or anything. Rather, it's a clever and affordable way to discover some new bands that label is putting out. So in the long run everybody wins, the kiddies have a bigger collection and the label makes some extra cash.
In this case,
Hopelessly Devoted To You
is a best of obnoxious, galloping pop-punk from the West Coast -except for
Funeral Oration
who hail from Amsterdam. So yeah, those guys stand out as well as
88 Fingers Louie
-who even contribute a cover of
the Misfits
'
"Night of the Living Dead"
-
Schlong
White Kaps
Digger
; all whom have that immature, snotty high school mentality pop-punk, but that's where all the fun is. ~ Mike DaRonco