#81/1248 LISTENING POST ADMIN DISCOVERY
March 1 1986
Agent Orange
This is the Voice
Genre: Paisley Punk
4.5 out of 5
Highlights:
It’s In Your Head
Fire in the Rain
In Your Dreams Tonight
Tearing Me Apart
This is Not the End
This is terrific. Twangy Byrds/Ventures like guitars with just enough snarl and drive to give contemporaries a run for their money.
It’s not a revelation like Dramarama but it’s sure damned good. Take the edge off Husker Du and make it more melodic and that’s kind of what I hear here.
Honestly, I thought Agent Orange was a hardcore band. I’m pleasantly surprised by the musicality and the stretch outside the genre. Green Day will be hailed for this exact type of stretching. They just did it better (and stole more unabashedly).
A great record.
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