Recent User Reviews
What does a couple of professional skateboarders do when they get tired of skating? They start making music. If you were unfortunate, and missed out on this one, better late, than never. If you Love Angry Samoans, or Sweet Baby, or any Old, but Good Punk
FULL REVIEWposted Dec 16, 2005
Critic's Review
Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
Lacking the metallic crunch of The Offspring or the striaght-ahead punk-pop of Green Day, Wax sounds ragged and unhinged like early Soul Asylum, even if it's only an appearance. They have melodies, but their singing is slightly off-key, their guitars are either disjointed or speed along at pseudo-hardcore velocity. At their best, they seem like it doesn't all quite fit together -- as on the single "California," where the vocals never seem to quite keep up with the tempo. And they have enough sense to market themselves with a slick Spike Jonez video and license a song to a Nike commercial, before 13 Unlucky Numbers was released. Keep in mind that three of the 13 tracks are blank and the album clocks in at 23 minutes.
