I caught these guys on a whim while spending New Years in North Carolina's Outer Banks with my best gal. We went to a local restaurant in Atlantic Beach for the hush puppies and instead got a fist full of rock. ASG play mostly up tempo rock n roll, with influences from Southern styled stoner metal to pop-punk. Don't let the latter scare you away, it's minimal and adds to the album's enjoyability. They were playing a fundraiser for neighborhood surfers (apparently surfers in OBX don't have to work for a living as people are kind enough to raise money for them) when we had the pleasure of watching these guys rock the shit out of their local fans. "Gallop Song," "Palm Springs" and "Win Us Over" are the best on the album, they could easily be included in one of those Warren Miller ski documentaries where Glen Plake jumps off the sides of mountains, does all kinds of dope tricks, and cruises effortlessly through miles of powder. I think these guys have a solid following with some of the hip skater kids, but please don't hold that against them either. Their sound is youthful and high energy at times, with tons of melody and pretty damn righteous riffs. Plus, their record comes in a very handsome orange vinyl. I tried my hardest not to like this album, but in the end they just wiggled their way into my cold black heart.
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