Ruff Talons — CRUSHED

A few weeks ago, when I first heard this album, I would have said something like “It’s like Sleater-Kinney rising from the ashes!”

Except that happened. (Oh, and guess who has tickets for one of their FEW US dates? Me. And guess who did a bizarre little happy dance to the amusement and bemusement of the students hanging out in my room when I managed to buy them? Probably somebody else too but also me.)

So this is pretty much anything you could ask for in a punk rock album: fun, spunky, energetic, catchy. These guys are Canadian but maybe they’ll venture south of the border soon.

Ruff Talons — Bandcamp