In one word, this album is FUN. Clearly, these guys play for fun and nothing more, and it shows. Ofcourse, the music style (punk rock) has something to do with it, but that’s not all. Keeping a place right in between old genuine punk on one side and the popular, commercial and heavily produced sound of The Offspring on the other, the Peasants have certainly found their own thing. Strangely enough, right from the first time I put in the CD, I had a strange déjà vu feeling. And knowing for certain that I had not heard of them before, I would say this is a good thing. It means the album appeals to me, and since I am not the only guy wandering this world, it will definitely appeal to more people. It’s that strange feeling when you know right away: this album is GOOD. And after listening to the entire thing, I can only confirm that it is. From beginning to end the album remains solid. No weak spots, just a nice and varied complete album. Most of the songs are about typical highschool problems, like girls, partying and every other thing kids do beside school.

The fist song immediately sets the atmosphere, about sneaking out of your bedroom on a school night to go to a party. Song number five, Mall Cows, is another fine example of what kids today are about, according to the Peasants. And very recognisable, about hanging in the local mall, trying to stand out from the grey crowd, but not too much, because you don’t want to get too much attention of course. But there is more. As I said, there is a lot of variety in the songs. The songs I mentioned are the more regular punk-rock things, but there is also a sort of ballad, a country-ish thing and an outright punk song, which I actually like the most, however closely followed by Mall Rats. Listen to Goddamn Job and you’ll know what I mean. You might have guessed what the song is about, the entire lyrics are “I need a goddamn job”. Simple as that, brilliant.