Six persons is all that stands between us and any other person on the world according to a theory thought up by some guy with way too much time on his hands. I seriously doubt it really took the seminal ALL/Descendents guitarist seven degrees to get in touch with his friends to contribute on his solo album which features different vocalists on every single song seeing as Mr. Egerton isn’t particularly blessed in the vocal department himself.
As always Egerton provided a solid musical backdrop and the vocalists got to do their thing with the lyrics. As it turns out it’s a fun album that sounds more like a compilation thanks to the different singers rather than like a cohesive solo album. Oh well. Listening to Chad Price in “Funny Face” or hearing Tim McIlrath roar in “South For The Winter” makes up for a lot of things.
The best song on the album would have to be “” though. Incidentally it’s also the only song that Egerton wrote completely on his own as a present for his wife. It also sees him reunite with Milo Aukerman and while it’s amazing to hear the two of them complement each other, it also makes me long for a new Descendents album.
All in all this is a rather incohesive but nonetheless fun album that has no lows and a couple of definite highs that reads like a who’s who of punkrock.
Score: 7.5 out of 10
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