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Random Album of the Day #132 – Friday, September 25, 2026

Posted by jayne k on September 25, 2026
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Random Album of the Day

Today’s Random Album is A Day Late and a Dollar Short from The Queers. This is a compilation album of their material. and they are a pop punk or punk rock band depending on your angle.

They are not queer for what it is worth. It’s definitely ok to have thoughts about that. Joe Queer sometimes has good opinions (hate nazis) but sometimes has shitty ones (make excuses for Ferguson shooting). All worth knowing but influence my decision on if I keep their music. Overall the band has had like 50 different musicians. So their lineup has changed a lot over the years. Lots of people can claim to have been part of The Queers.

Musically they are fun mostly, Lots of tight short songs with great rhythm and often stupid lyrics. And sometimes iffy lyrics.

Rating: 9.0 (on music alone)

Favorite Track(s): “Terminal Rut” is good. And then the songs are so short and fast I can’t keep up. But honestly lots of good songs. Solid material. And certainly early pop punk and did a lot to inspire that sound.

Keep or Trash: Trash. I debated trashing it and was torn about it. But in the end my wife and I agreed we won’t really want to listen to it much – if at all. Co-opting queerness might have been punk for a cis hetero white boy in 1981 in a way but in 2026 not so much. We’ll listen to some queercore instead.

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Random Album of the Day – Wednesday, August 5, 2026

Posted by jayne k on August 5, 2026
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Random Album of the Day

Today’s Random Album of the Day is a split record with two artists: Hi Ho Silver Away! and Quick Attack. The album is titled Quick Silver Attack Away!

The first half of the album is Hi Ho Silver, Away! And it’s basically pop punk – but pop punk I basically like I guess. Somehow I worry the lyrics are cringe but I won’t catch most of them on the first listen. The music has an emo feel which works for me. The ‘sweetheart’ on “Fence Sitter” I could do without for reasons. But mostly I thought they had a lot of potential. They have a sort of leaning toward an anthemic sound that could really work but maybe here doesn’t quite get to where I want it to.

The second half of the album is Quick Attack. More straightforward and a bit more punk. I like their song-writing. The songs tend to evolve and grow as they go. Or at least some do. And they have a bit more punk in them.

On the whole I feel like Quick Attack helped carry this album though I think I found it through Hi Ho Silver Away! originally. I think maybe I liked their band name and that was enough to pull me in initially.

Rating: 8.0 overall. I’d probably 8.5 Quick Attack and 7.5 for Hi Ho Silver Away!

Favorite Track(s): Hi Ho Silver Away!: “You Know About Stag Beetles??” starts off the album well. Not sure about the lyrics. “Shred the Gnar” I liked. Feels a bit emo in a good way. “20 Miles Per Gallon” had a nice anthemic for the disillusioned feel. “Sand for Sandbags” actually had a nice Uncle Tupelo feel. Quick Attack: “Champion of Vines” is appealing but I can’t put my finger on why. But it isn’t static. It weaves and evolves as a song. “Smash the State Street” is an odd title but the song seems fun. Reminds me of Harry and the Potters without the book based lyrics. I just like the title of “Artistoked”. The music is solid too. I Like “Drench Refrains” for its simple punk thing. “Regina” sounds good. I like that they seem to be having a lot of fun.

Keep or Trash: Keep.

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