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I LOVE THIS CD! THE HIDDEN RAMONES TRACK ONLY ADDS TO IT!

epsteinsmutha | At the bottom of Juan Epstein's excuse note | 02/05/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Read an interview with the lead singer and her guitarist in Maximumrocknroll and enjoyed the articulate, thoughtful responses given by both RE: Punk and its existence in Bush Puppet Tony Blair's England. Bought the CD as well as its predecessor, More To It Than Meets the Eye and listening to it, I can begin to approximate how Sonny Corleone felt with all of the bullets entering into him in the Godfather. One great song, right after another, shorter than lead singer Liz Rose's minis, with lightspeed musicianship backing up her "clearest vocalizing this side of Greg Graffin and Paul Mahern" delivery. There's nary a clinker in the bunch. If I have to pick though, I will: "Getaway," "Easy Life," "Get Me Out of Here," "The Way We Were" (not the Streisand song, Gawd No!), and the hidden cover of "Sheena is a Punk Rocker."



Bought this at the same time I got the Exploding Hearts first (and sadly last) release. Not a bad combo if I do say so myself.

I don't think you would either.



Signed,

epsteinsmutha"

London's Finest Street Punk This Side of 2000

J. Niedt | South Jersey, USA | 08/16/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

"An anglophile's dream, the sophmore record from Greater London's Deadline explodes with British oi!-bred street punk. Descended from non-racist skinhead Oi! bands like the Business and Sham 69, Deadline flawlessly blends of that genre with current street punk, reggae, ska, folk, rock n' roll, psychobilly, punk, and hardcore. A well tailored whirlwind of guitars coupled with ringleader Liz's cockney vocals lend to a fast paced, auditory brawl. From melodic tunes such as their video release single "Last Night", to more hardcore-influenced thrashes like "Round the Bend", Deadline delivers a perfect one-two punch. Amazingly tight songwriting and composition have created, at least in this author's mind, one of the best punk albums I own.



With numerous tours through Europe and the US with top-notch punk acts like Boston's Southy bred Dropkick Murphys, looming US releases for their UK CDs, and a new CD and DVD on the horizon, expect to hear more of Deadline in the future."