Stage Disaster: Fairly pedestrian street punk-sounding stuff from a German band fronted by a singer who spends much of the time barely making it into the vicinity of the right note. The Deficit: Much more interesting than their disc-mates, the Deficit lean more to the thrashy-yet-poppy side of the modern punk spectrum, with lyrics that seem more politically informed than many. In all, this ain’t the greatest release I’ve heard lately, but the latter band make it a much better listen than it would’ve been without them.
–jimmy (Warbird)