Search - Ergs :: Upstairs/Downstairs

Another great album BUT....

Alex Nennig | New London, WI | 03/28/2009

(4 out of 5 stars)

"They waste your time with the ending.



After delivering 20+ minutes of very enjoyable speedy ultra catchy pop-punk with clever lyrics and more stylistic flourishes than you'd think (a really good COUNTRY song? Yeah, there's one on here!), they end the album with a good 15 minutes of annoying jamming. I don't know why, but its not that interesting to listen to and it ends the album on a sour note.



I'll not hesitate to say that the Ergs have been the best pop-punk band from the 2000's that I've heard so far. They've certainly gone further with the genre in their brief existence than most other bands have. But this album is the weakest of their CDs. Both "Dorkrockcorkrod" and "Hindsight is 20/20" would be better places to start.



That said, its still a very good album from an excellent band, just its deceptively short and ends in a disappointing way."