When a punk band has been together for over ten years they either age gracefully or have to be dragged into their twilight years kicking and screaming. World/Inferno is, not surprisingly and unfortunately, of the latter group. The Anarchy and the Ecstasy has very high highs and very low lows. While some songs brought me to tears, others made me ask “why?” While the rest of the band flounders, the real star of this album is Sandra Malak whose vocals on “Thirteen Years without Peter King” and “The Apple was Eve” made me not only want to hear more from her but demand it. While there are still way more highs than lows on this album, the lows bring down the rest of the album. They should have just released the top five songs as an EP and call it Jack and Malak: From the Banks of the Raritan.
Highs
- Thirteen Years Without Peter King
- The Politics of Passing Out
- The Apple was Eve
- The Mighty Raritan
Lows
- I’m Sick of People Being Sick of My Shit
- Canonize Philip K. Dick, Okay
- They Talk of Nora’s Badness
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