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| 4.0 excellent | Alex Silveri EMERITUS | December 27th 09 |
If punk rock had itself a barmy, mad professor to call its own, Bomb The Music Industry!s Jeff Rosenstock would be at the very top of the list of candidates. Taking a spin through Scrambles, it'd be easy enough to see him laughing maniacally around the album's wicked brew of attitude-fueled, messily composed DIY punk. While there's very little of what would be called a formula (Scrambles is far too interesting and varied to pin it down to any one recipe book, especially the loose "folk-punk" label the band is associated with), Rosenstock and co. assemble an alchemical mix of ingredients including a whirlwind set of piano driven backroom rockers, furious acoustic tirades and quirky but hard-edged forays of introspection all rolled into one. And as usual, sitting centre stage among it all is Rosenstock's biting lyrical scalpel, his powerful delivery underscored by the force of his playful irony, conjuring enough empathy to pluck ever so softly at the emotions while remaining irresistibly, absolutely and undeniably fun at the same time. And to top it all off? Well, the band is giving Scrambles away absolutely free online. Could you really ask for any more?
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| 5.0 classic | Statrick Pickles | March 23rd 11 |
Oh Jeff, you're just so fantastic and charming and lovable and drunk and hopeless and dirty and it's perfect.
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| 5.0 classic | Blackbelt54 | October 13th 10 |
Oh, hey, look that guy with the green hair! He's a punk rocker! Look! Look, he's even telling everybody. You $%&@ing hippie.
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| 4.5 superb | Adam Knott STAFF | September 10th 10 |
BAAAABY WE'RE SCARMBLINNNNNNNNNNNNNN if you don't FIND A STEADY JOB NOW OR FIND YOURSELF A STEADY FUCK NOW ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh nNOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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| 4.0 excellent | kong132 | January 31st 13 |
Super fun album. I haven't heard much Ska but I like it already. Shut up the punx!
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| 4.5 superb | Andrew Walker | December 27th 12 |
Stay young, stay fun. Do the stuff that you like and get a little bit pumped. BtMI! shows the ska/punk world that they're the best of the underground.
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| 5.0 classic | braveasanoun | March 27th 12 |
i guess reading the background story for the lyrics on this album makes it much easier to fall in love with it, but it's not like i wouldnt have eventually fell in love with scrambles anyway. i remember saying "man, btmi! would have been my favorite band if i would have listened to them back when i was in high school" after listening to 'band minus album'. but after listening to scrambles, i thought "wow i fucking LOVE btmi!". jeff's lyrics might make it seem like he is a miserable twenty-something year old stumbling through life, and he may be, but really hes just like a lot of young adults afraid of growing up. of course going out and getting hammered all the time can be awesome, but jeff does an amazing job of describing the shitty side of the broke rockstar partying lifestyle. do i even have to mention how relatable this is or how creatively these songs are put together?
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| 4.0 excellent | Comatorium. | February 9th 10 |
Dynamic and amazing. The only two words i can say.
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| 0.0 | XXXpickemgenius | March 10th 09 |
This could be the most fun album of 2009. This is one beautiful kick your ass fun fest. If you like these guys you really gotta go to a basement show of theirs. Fucking amazing show.
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| 4.5 superb | thejared | February 21st 09 |
Full of spunk and punk, loaded to the ass with catchy sing along choruses and relatable lyrics.
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| 4.0 excellent | StBrox | May 20th 13 |
| 3.5 great | apert | May 12th 13 |
| 5.0 classic | Lakes | May 5th 13 |
| 5.0 classic | Kris! | April 30th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | rob g | April 24th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Pox | March 18th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | deandeg | March 2nd 13 |
| 4.5 superb | jcjws | February 27th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ryan | February 15th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | ZGP1992 | December 3rd 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Rory89 | October 27th 12 |
| 5.0 classic | PurpIe | October 22nd 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | zackseb | October 21st 12 |
| 4.5 superb | ala | October 16th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | uchida21 | September 24th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | ejb | September 13th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | cjo | September 3rd 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Deviant STAFF | August 9th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Josh | July 15th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Dashy | July 8th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Mojito | June 29th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Dungeon | June 25th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Maniac | June 3rd 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Maize | June 1st 12 |
| 5.0 classic | Spare | May 26th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Rail | May 1st 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | cb123 | April 24th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | gwh45 | March 30th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Bill | March 20th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | steve. | March 3rd 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | cyalily | February 23rd 12 |
| 4.5 superb | jlech | January 31st 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Jordan | January 28th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Chris | January 24th 12 |
| 3.5 great | JJwins | December 30th 11 |
| 5.0 classic | focksy | December 30th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Naps | December 6th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Bfd | December 6th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Julia | December 4th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | TomF | October 17th 11 |
| 3.0 good | divoz | October 3rd 11 |
| 5.0 classic | mxbrady | September 24th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | hoodless | September 19th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tyler | September 6th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Othcar | September 2nd 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | freakout | September 2nd 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jason S | August 16th 11 |
| 3.5 great | roland | August 14th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Aikibat | August 10th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | gvogel | August 4th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | seifer | August 4th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Rowdy | July 23rd 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | AdamK | May 29th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Batman | May 22nd 11 |
| 2.0 poor | Ire | May 17th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Corvus | April 14th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Thane | March 31st 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | 37er00 | March 6th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | mvood | January 28th 11 |
| 5.0 classic | C.F. | January 6th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | graygalz | December 11th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Quinn | December 9th 10 |
| 5.0 classic | RCKilm | October 30th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | Yay | September 30th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | fund it | September 5th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Fort23 | August 8th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | ZuZo | July 30th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | saad | June 21st 10 |
| 4.5 superb | Lyght | June 16th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | bears | March 11th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Stones99 | February 28th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | MrGlass | February 26th 10 |
| 5.0 classic | whm | February 24th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Eskate87 | February 19th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Marco D | February 17th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | J.R. | February 13th 10 |
| 2.0 poor | lobby | October 21st 09 |
| 3.5 great | doug | September 27th 09 |
| 5.0 classic | bungy | September 23rd 09 |
| 3.5 great | ziroth | September 7th 09 |
| 3.5 great | idbz | May 6th 09 |
| 4.5 superb | jj182 | April 27th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Kiran EMERITUS | April 3rd 09 |
| 4.5 superb | Good | March 23rd 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | tom79 | March 19th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | armfarm | March 18th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | spudnik | March 4th 09 |
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