Somewhere between Social Distortion and Good Charlotte lie Hurry Up Offense, a punk trio packed with vitriol and virtue, which will play anywhere, and will sacrifice anything for the sake of the music. On the outfit's rapid-fire three-song endeavor, sneering '77 punk meets glossed over WB melodrama rock for a potent mix of fashionable anarchy, especially on the brazen "Me Vs.", which sounds like the meeting of The Dead Boys and My Chemical Romance, and features the memorable chorus of "the medicine goes down". Indeed, after a few listens, Hurry Up Offense will seep through your system, too.

Mike SOS