Greg Sage is truly one of the great unsung heroes of independent music. The first three Wipers albums (this being the second) are classics of punk rock, and, this album in particular, show how one band with a single-minded goal can achieve so much by seemingly doing so little. Take the 10-minute title track; by stretching what could have been standard fare for a full 10-minutes, complete with a seemingly endless psych jam, and still keeping an accessibly melody at it's core, just proves how great this band could be.
It's not like I'm asking you to devote your life to punk rock, but why the fuck would you not want to?
Also, if you like what you hear, I implore you to buy the Wipers Box Set. For $20, you get 'Is This Real?', 'Youth of America', and 'Over the Edge' (the aforementioned classics) remastered with a few bonus tracks and rare goodies, replete with liner notes by Sage himself! Essential.
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