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The Dingees
The Crucial Conspiracy
(Tooth and Nail Records)
Attention punk rockers - not punk rock posers - the real punk rockers: Shell out some hard-earned cash and pick up the latest piece of punk rock perfection by The Dingees.
The Orange County ska-punk rockers, who grew out of a summer side project in 1996 with some members of The Supertones, have turned into one of the best true ska-punk rock bands out there.
The album opens with the high-strung Clash-influenced Spray Paint (We Wont Carry Over) and takes the listener on a journey of many different artistic influences including Rancid, Operation Ivy and Green Day - with a touch of the Ramones, Black Flag and The Specials.
The political content is found in virtually every song including Middleman: Some Pharisee elitist got you mocking monkey see, your heart aint out in person seems itll probably never be, you missed the point pretty close to perfect, when youre backbiting me.
Summer is a classic feel-good rock song with a generous array of horns similar to something The Supertones would kick out, while Dear Sister, Dear Brother and We Rot The Voodoo both scream Bob Marley.
Christina Fight Back is an anthem about young women fighting against eating disorders and Ronnie Raygun is an intense and quick-driven angry song that sounds like it was recorded on a regular tape deck in someones garage.