CITIZENS PATROL: 2006-2011: CD

Jan 19, 2012

Wow, the members of this Netherlands band have been quite the busy bees, cranking out oodles of white-hot thrash-o-rama for all the sweaty little boys to run around in circles to. Sounding like they dipped from the same well as Out Cold and added a dash of early Attitude Adjustment to give things a slightly different feel, they start off in overdrive and don’t let up until the first third of the ninth song, taking a few seconds to inhale and then letting fly again. Also like the fact that the lyrics (or what I can make out of ‘em) aren’t afraid to be topical, either. Forty-nine studio tracks pulled from various LPs, EPs, splits ‘n’ demos, plus a full set tacked onto the end. Tight, fast, well executed, catchy and prolific. Not too shabby for a five year run, and from the looks of it, they’re still goin’ strong.

 –jimmy (Shield)

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