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A resounding “Fuck yes!” to this. Don’t have to think too hard about which better-known acts might be on Webb and co.’s influences list – Bad Religion, The Clash, so forth. I bet they were also big fans of a dozen lesser-knowns who sold out the Abbey Lounge and played Warped Tour in 2002, but only do a reunion show once every few years these days. Nonetheless, “Now” contains more punk rawk rallying cries than you can shake a freshly-shaved off liberty spike at, and I don’t care if any of them sound sort of like other bands. Think I’m gonna point to back-to-back scorchers “Last Straw” and “A Loan” as the lot’s preeminent.
