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The long anticipated full length LP from the Bay Area's peace-punk band SURRENDER. Thirteen songs of mid-tempo, early 80's UK anarcho punk. Very reminiscent of CRASS and early CHUMBAWAMBA. Smart, and very well thought out political lyrics, sung in duel male/female, and almost poetic at times. A bit more melodic at times than the stereotypical peace-punk, and even laced with hints of riot grrrl. Altogether making their sound deeply enriched in old-style UK anarcho peace punk, and totally original at the same time.

Reviews:
Maximum Rock n Roll #306
From here in San Francisco, SURRENDER plays very genuine sounding anarcho-punk (or what used to be called "peace punk" on these shores) circa early - '80s UK style (I went out for breakfast in my neighborhood last week and they were blasting the LOST CHERREES in the restaurant! Where else in the world would that happen?) This could easily have been on Crass Records or Martarhate back in the day. SURRENDER is more melodic than the bleak post-punk of some of those bands. Their songs are up-beat and mid-tempo with plenty of change-ups and hooks, and their anger isn't tempered by cynicism or predictability. With the dual male/female vocals, and the American accents they remind me a lot of A STATE OF MIND (and to a lesser extent SLEEPING DOGS) and early THE EX and CHUMBAWAMABA. This was my favorite kind of music when I was growing up, and I certainly would have been into SURRENDER had they been around back then. This kind of stuff never really took off here in the States the way it did in Britain, where it was huge until everything went crusty. The subjects are all still very relevant today, as SURRENDER sing "...But this time Kabul's Nicaragua and Baghdad's El Salvador," which of course is very ture. When they mess around and even throw in some sax they make me think of New York's FALSE PROPHETS. KARMA SUTRA and Ireland's PARANOID VISIONS are other good reference points. Aside from me droning on and on aobut old bands this definitely stands up on it's own it the contemporary world. The lyrics are well thought out, the songs well written, and the vocals well sung. I'd totally recommend this to anyone who likes political punk that's more than just boy's noise. Oh, it takes me back...Very Good. (AD)

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