For those who enjoy less than five hours sleep per night, bypass decent food in favor of burgers, and think exercise is the number of trips from the barstool to the can, this disc from Nebraska’s THE TERMINALS may save your life. The shrill transistor radio production, booming drums, and 60s soap opera organ cranked to proper levels are practically guaranteed to keep you from nodding off behind the wheel at 3am. While a few of the tracks on “Forget About Never” sort of run together, sharing similar melodies and hazy percussion, “Easy” is a near-perfect old school punk nugget for your dream compilation, and therefore more satisfying than cold pizza in the fridge. Liz’s horror shrieks, the surfy drums and kitschy pulsing riffs sound like THE LOST SOUNDS tied up J GEILS backstage in 1972 and took over their set in front of a hootin’, hollerin’ crowd in some Detroit ballroom while somebody recorded the whole affair with a boombox. Suffice to say that the next time Gretchen goes to Nebraska, she oughta grab a PBR and see if THE TERMINALS are playing in somebody’s basement.

- Marchman

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