Reviewed by Eric Saeger
The resurfacing of this Chicago punk trio’s 6-songer from 2008 marks a revving up of their overall PR campaign, for what that’s all worth, which is, actually, a lot, considering that they’re flying into the wind of modern punk, that over-processed nonsense that’s really about as punk as Katie Couric interviewing Miley Cyrus. Voice of Addiction are pretty much the real deal, with low-budget production, Frank Black-style vocals, and overall Agnostic Front-ish sound. But this isn’t a one-minute-wanfkfest hoping for that one-in-a-million shot at being the next Bad Brains; past a few obligato ska references and whatnot there’s a lot of riffing going on here, not monstrously complicated but not moronic either – pretty much like The Accüsed, but cleaner, yeah, that’s it.
Grade: B
