Is 'No Holiday' perfect? No, but it's a wonderful reminder of the depth and the breadth of Kim Shattuck's musical abilities: a perfect send-off for the small-but-mighty band. Read bcsalmon's review of the final album from The Muffs -
It’s an impossible task to review the new—and final—album from L.A. pop-punk greats The Muffs solely on its musical merits., the band’s seventh full-length and first since 2014’s excellent comeback album,. Most of them crackle with every bit of the likeable energy of The Muffs’ best work. Some showcase the band’s tender side more plainly than ever before.
There’s a reason for that, of course. On Oct. 2, her family announced that Kim Shattuck, the primal force behind The Muffs for nearly 30 years, passed away at the age of 56 after a two-year battle with ALS. She had not publicly announced her illness.
From the start, The Muffs were Kim Shattuck and Kim Shattuck was The Muffs. That’s not to diminish the roles of Barnett or McDonald , but the band’s sound was so strongly tied to Shattuck’s chord progressions, her catchy melodies and her world-class scream that it’s impossible to separate the band from its core songwriter and charismatic frontwoman.works well as both a Muffs album and also a tribute to Shattuck’s skill, vision and drive.
Elsewhere, “Late and Sorry” and “Lucky Charm” are excellent examples of the way The Muffs juxtaposed singsong melodies with buzzsaw pop-punk, while “On My Own” is an arena-ready anthem that sounds like the song that could’ve made the band as big as Green Day—as they should’ve been. (
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