This article has been imported from chorus.fm for discussion. All of the forum rules still apply. NOFX’s new album First Ditch Effort can be streamed below. Expand - View Original
Definitely sounds much better than most of their past work - renewed sense of urgency here. Can't say I have followed anything closely from them outside of songs here and there on past efforts.
I loved Self-Entitled, but this is on another level. Lots of really personal lyrics (many seem to directly pick up on stories from their recent book), lots of really creative song writing, and you can tell they put a lot of thought into this whole album. I also appreciate that the 2 songs they released on Record Store Day were fully rerecorded for the album. "Generation Z" is pretty much a completely different song now. Now I'm gonna try to hold off on listening again. YouTube quality isn't doing this justice.
super stoked to hear this when i get home, that book they put it was insane. oxymoronic and six years on dope were definitely some excellent jams.
So in love with it the more I listen to it. It's kinda darker, but has that same NOFX snark that I love. Not sure if I love it more than Self-Entitled yet, but based on how much I want to replay it straight away, I think it will be the better of the two for me.