Great album from 2009, featuring members of Pink Lincolns, Hated Youth, Down By Law, and D.R.I
1. Can't Get Right
2. Dirtnap
3. People Are Bad
4. Money To Burn
5. Becky
6. Upset Down
7. Underground
8. Rightside Upsidedown
9. We're The Creeps
10. Bulletproof
11. Today Was Tuesday
12. O.M.G
13. Imagination
14. She's A Drug
15. Nothing's Funny Anymore
Review from
Waytooloud.com "The Spears – Shove (from
Waytooloud.com)
Supergroups are very common these days, actually most members from various bands join together and create separate bands or side projects just for fun or to see what could possibly emerge from their minds. Getting to my point, The Spears, who feature members of D.R.I., Hated Youth, Down By Law, and Pink Lincolns, have finally released their fifteen frantic, ‘80’s style punk rock songs to the public.
“Shove” begins with short attention span songs that are fast, assertive and raw, then the songs gradually lengthen as they get crafted with more instrumental work and solos. The guitar riffs range from classic punk rock to subtle crossover thrash style to a Down By Law approach, gritty, pop punk. Artificial harmonies show themselves in some choruses, making way for backup vocals overtop of Chris Barrows’ snotty voice, as seen in “Upset Down”, which shows very close similarities to The Adolescents with vocal/guitar melodic jumps.
The album creates an atmosphere that could go as far back as the early ‘80’s and the underground hardcore punk scene that erupted almost thirty years ago. Even though there’s a handful of bands trying to recreate the old school sound, The Spears already have a very sharp edge on them with all the experience from within their roster; looks like the two years of creating “Shove” has paid off"
Track Listing:
1. Can't Get Right
2. Dirtnap
3. People Are Bad
4. Money To Burn
5. Becky
6. Upset Down
7. Underground
8. Rightside Upsidedown
9. We're The Creeps
10. Bulletproof
11. Today Was Tuesday
12. O.M.G
13. Imagination
14. She's A Drug
15. Nothing's Funny Anymore
released September 11, 2009