Understatement

Strap yourselves in for a revival-revival of the punk variety as the Dookie-era is resuscitated by Understandament in their new LP, Get Away With Murder. Here we have eleven tracks, coming in at just shy of thirty minutes, with roots in classic punk and punk revival. There’s a mix of tempos and variations, from high-temp […]

With an intro that harks to the very roots of Never Mind The Bollocks, Understatement merge classic and modern punk to create a stomping Sex Pistols meets Greenday single, ‘I’ll Listen’. This is the second track lifted from their forthcoming album, Get Away With Murder, and it has only made me want to get my […]

There’s more than hint of Dookie in this pop/punk single from Understatement, a power-trio punk band from Pittsburgh. There’s trebly bass-licks, a heavily characterful lead vocal, and speedy drums and overall we definitely have a revival of that 1993 signature sound. Don’t mistake this for disdain, though, as ‘Motocross’, like their previous single ‘Annabelle’, is […]