On ‘Too Tough to Live’, Dan Sartain delivers a dose of speed punk that’s high on caffeine, adrenaline and life. With thirteen tracks with a total running time of just nineteen minutes, Sartain’s template is old-school punk in the vein of The Ramones.
The tracks on ‘Too Tough to Live’ come in two speeds, fast and superfast, and as a consequence, Jane Weidlin’s contribution on ‘Now Now Now’ is over in a blur. The breakneck pace is amplified by the way the songs are packed together without a moment to draw breath right until the end, when closer ‘In Death’ swaggers on featuring a nice strolling bassline and clanking descending guitarline that has an almost swamp-surf feel.
‘Too Tough to Live’ won’t score highly for innovation, but more than compensates in energy.
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