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Hardworking Swedish punk rockers
slapped a fresh set of wheels to their decks on 2015's sweet and salty
, and they continue to carry the '90s skatepunk torch on the fiery follow-up
. Like its predecessor, album number nine was produced with considerable punch by the band's own
and
, and it gets off to a rollicking start with the titular cut, a pick slide-heavy, politically charged melodic rager that's sure to incite a stadium pit frenzy. What follows is about as reliable a set as one could hope for from a group with 27 years in the rearview mirror. Lyrically, the band touches on the usual themes of love, weed, heartache, and political, cultural, and societal ills -- they even pay homage to "Yanny and Laurel," the 2018 viral meme that threatened to split the Internet in two. As genres go, pop-punk and skatepunk tend to avoid pushing the envelope structurally -- that muscle is made for fighting, not flexing -- and as per usual,
rage against the machine with as much melody as they do might. Whether they're channeling the sugary, controlled chaos of the
("Do You Want War"), the anarchic power pop of
("Sour Days"), or channeling their inner
("Trumpets & Poutine"), the hook is sacrosanct. There's something to be said for consistency, but
maintain their equilibrium by paying as much attention to the quality of the product as they do its shelf stability. ~ James Christopher Monger