The Olympia-based band (which includes Sadie Switchblade on drums) make fired-up pop-punk that embraces the staples of the genre: Theres the requisite fixation with Massachusetts, a song named after the Starting Line, and even a cover of the Get Up Kids Coming Clean, and all of them are pitch-perfect in execution. Dual vocalists Vicky and Jimmy rip-snort through towering melodies and hooks for days. Come now, you couldnt know nothing/ You shouldve said something/ Left all of the reasons why I shouldnt, they sing in unison and in red-hot contempt on Metro. Most of the songs on Rexmanningday. are repurposed from their demo, which came out last fall, re-released now for vinyl, but it ends on a new one, Colleen. Its strained and burnt-out, a desperate reach-out to a friend: Colleen, Im breaking down/ Thought I had a plan, but now Im having doubts.
