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Chixdiggit! Pink Razors Fat Wreck Chords

      The latest release from the band is Pink Razors (Bad Taste Records, 2005) and it’s nothing less than the ordinary. The Canadian band, based out of Calgary, have been at it for 14 long years, touring with big name groups like The Presidents Of The U.S.A., Social Distortion and Me First And The Gimme Gimmes.

      Broken down, the band is KJ Jansen (lead vocals, lead guitar), Mike Eggermont (vocals, bass), Mark O’Flaherty (vocals, guitar) and Jason Hirsch (drums).

      The sounds of those aforementioned bands are meshed into self-nicknamed C!. There’s rolling, rough-and-tumble drumming, and screeching vocals along with some shrill guitar solos. It almost sounds like New Found Glory in the voice and The Ataris in the music. And, as is typical with a punk band, there is a song featured ("Get Down") that is less than a minute in length. There’s the call-and-answer bits, drumline solos and electric guitar fillers between stanzas to up the ante, too.

      Pink Razors fits the punk mold -- fast drumming, fast guitars, fast lyrics. The album is aptly named in reference to a man moving in with a girl to find her pink razors everywhere; the added femininity to his life. And the band follows through, singing about relationships (online ones too, in "Geocities Kitty") and even themselves, singing, "You’re pretty good...we’re awesome!" which is sure to be the fans' favourite at each and every venue.

      And then there’s those songs that almost seem to be half-truths, like "J Crew," where Jansen sings about a girl who models for different clothing companies he’s never heard of, and sees it as a sign they are from two different worlds.

      Expect to see C! around for a while. With punk standards seemingly having diehard bands play till it’s all over, like The Ramones, and with 14 years already behind them, these guys aren’t about to stop anytime soon.

      What else is there to say? Not all chicks may dig it, but those that do (and the boys too) will have a great time listening to this rapid, relentless punk rock, but obviously they’ll have to put the disc on loop a few times if they want to party to last over a half hour!

-Arie Musil 06/17/05