Young Offenders - Leader of the Followers Lp

MRR #328 - This much-anticipated first full album from Bay Area heart-throbs and poster boys for the “Bald Is Beautiful” movement does very, very little to disappoint. My one and only complaint is that at eight tracks it’s a little skimpy. However, this does leave me greed for good sounds eargerly piqued adn wanting more. The little diamond is packed as snug as Linford Christie’s “lunch box” with jaunty guitars reminiscent of HOT SNAKES’ frenetic energy and the acute melody of MISSION OF BURMA, played in rhythmical styles similar to that done by the MARKED MEN, FRANCE HAS THE BOMB and DEFEKTORS. The vocals are strong, gutsy and tuneful yet punk as fuck, with back-ups that , at times, remind me of ADAM AND THE ANTS. All this is under pinned with BIG BOYS-like bass-lines as tight as a virgin schoolgirl’s teasing knickers. How can a combination of any of these factors be bad? It can’t. Buy this record.