![]() And with earlier efforts, such as 1994’s Born to Quit on the little Johan’s Face label (here’s a rare band that has greatly improved on a major), these likable pontiffs have an earnestness and wound-licking vulnerability to match Descendents’ Auckerman, without Milo’s more bawdy edges. As for this actually “smoking” Chicago quartet, they not only avoid such pitfalls, they humbly offer a singular style that is actually power pop in the early-’70s and early-’80s tradition – from the young Todd Rundgren to the Fabulous Poodles. We hold these truths to be self-evident, especially since Descendents re-formed to disrobe all the new, shabby pretenders, and to remind us of the melodious glory the genre used to radiate. The problem is the image such a description (or genre name) conjures: a mediocre group who plays a fifth as well as the bands who founded punk in the ’70s, with lyrics that are dim-witted, simplistic, dull, or immature, and tunes that are stiff, forced, and/or plain. To call Smoking Popes merely pop-punk would be a grotesque disservice – they’ve been excelling at it for years. Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Capitol Records ![]() Smoking Popes – Destination Failure (1997/2021)įLAC (tracks) 24bit/96kHz | Time – 00:48:18 minutes | 1,04 GB | Genre: Rock
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