"I fuckin’ love this CD!  Unaffected, highly accelerated pop punk played just perfectly by a 3-piece who climb to the top of my ’bands to see’ list with ease.  Everything pop punk should be is rattled out here – short, melodic and most importantly fun.  Another great accolade for label ’Don’t Give Up The Day Job Records’ with this exceptional band producing a 21 hit classic.

’We Are The Murderburgers’ opens in fine style, makes the titled statement and prepares the listener for the superb ’I’ve Got A Plan (To Kill You)’.  A truly great song ripping in with the 1-8 count and breezing along on crisp melody and enjoyable vibes.  ’Pounding In My Head’ has me pondering similar songs but placing a name to them in my tumultuous grey matter is another thing indeed.  ’Brians Got An ASBO’ is a brilliant basic burst and effervesces with tongue tying lyrics before booming into the delightful full-on chorus.  ’Don’t Piss Me Off Tonight’ tends towards the more sonic flowing side of things with the excellent ’Everything’s Alright’ another Prozac piece in a bottleful of promising pills.

At this point the impression made is mighty but the next 4 songs are for me, choice epics and ones that will put this band in good stead for the rest of their musical careers.  ’Phantom Maggot’, ’If I’m An Arsehole (So Are You)’, ’Braindead (From Hanging Around With You)’ and ’Outta My Mind’ are where every facet of this bands talent combines to create a quartet of purely outstanding tunes that compliment one another ideally and are of such an individual stature they are worthy of a position on any compilation alongside any other great tunes.  ’Phantom Maggot’ will surely be one of the best songs I hear this year even though it is a cover originally hammered out by The Lillingtons (a band I have yet to grace my hears with).  Classic stuff!

Moving on from the momentous CD high we wind down with still another 11 tracks of crackin’ standard.  In fact this 21 track CD is so good all the way through even this is not enough and I craved yet more infectious tunage to bombard my pop and pogo brain with.

The highs of the turn for home are many and I honestly can’t find a lull in the quality but the truly awesome moments are the brilliantly delivered ’Retarded Girl’, the comic book ’X-Ray Specs’ (another Lillingtons cover – must check these buggers out), the typical yet effective punk nastiness of ’Fuck You’, the crazed ear-bashing of ’Lazy Piece Of Shit’ and the boozing bop of ’Drink To Get Drunk’.   It’s a great  close down but the exceptional ’My Baby’s Too far Gone’ is a monstrous finale and again the question needs to be asked of how many better songs will I hear this year?  Despite being another Behemoth ditty it also, I feel, gives an insight into The Murderburgers ability to write songs with a deeper texture amid an ambience with more emotive vocals and cultured guitar.  A classic end note and I hope a taster of what is to come on future recordings.

There is such a downpour of brilliant musical offerings on the market today and I am lucky to be given the chance to review a small segment of this talent soaked scene but even I on occasions like this am truly grateful and privileged to come across and praise something so special.  This is a music fans dream moment as all the watching and listening to bands finally results in the discovery of something so wonderfully enjoyable.

As my initial thoughts stated, and with each and every listen become more and more accurate ’I Fuckin’ Love This CD’!"

’What It Takes To Be A Man’ gives you a 1 minute 6 second opening in great fashion with a well mixed concoction of all components. The genuinely bouyant tune sets the stage for the equally effective ’I Wish I Was A Superhero’ a track with a few more subtle tweaks and twangs but still a worthwhile listen.

’Dr Jekyll’ kicks in and the first influences become apparent with a similarity envisaged of a poppy americanised outfit who place importance on clarity and organised pace as well as having a bit more clout than some more familiar lightweight affairs.

’Staring At The Walls’ continues this theme and the slightly undulating vocals are more impressive played at a higher volume. It’s darn decent stuff and after a few spins of the disc the songs get better and better. ’Disconnect My Brain’ is another brief excursion into the quality arena but ’The Drugs Do Work’ is the mini albums pinnacle. Flowing and with the vocals neatly in unison with the solid sound provided by obviously adept musicians this is a cracking song and one surely to judge this band by.

’You’re Gone’ maintains the heady standard and one point of note is that all songs seem to stray away from the typical ’verse, chorus, verse, chorus, solo, verse etc.’ formula and just randomly make their own way from start to finish - interesting to say the least!

’New World’ is a fuckin’ great track and although a cover of an original by Putrid Flowers it is a superb way to finish the CD. Excellent drums, as now expected efficient guitar work and more tremendous vocals. It’s a joyous moment to cap a fine effort - uplifting, optimistic and energetic.

Another good job done by this new DIY label and ’keep at it’ is the advice as things so far are mighty impressive."

"The first release from Day Job Records and what better way to gain recognition for bands by creating a compilation of 4 bands who dish out 3 tracks a piece? In fact it’s similar to my own recent release with SLit Records but the bands on our compilation only have two tracks each (bastard!).

Immediate impressions are therefore high and the packaging and presentation only reinforce these embryonic opinions and as soon as the opening band, The Dangerfields, kick into action with ’Anthem’ one realises we are dealing with a very good CD. In fact ’Anthem’ is a bloody marvellous song and one to instantly sing-a-long to whilst trying to get your tongue around the slick spellmaster chorus. An accomplished band with another two offerings that ooze class. ’Motorgirl’ is a slick sprint and ’Last House On The Left’ is a darker sounding track afflicted with wondrous madness.

U.K. Death Charge next and a subtle contrast is achieved as this quartet provide a more retro sound similar to several early 80’s outfits, Chaos UK being on of the more obvious. It’s fuckin’ good stuff with all 3 tracks highly enjoyable and full of zealous fervour. ’Have A Good Time All Of The Time’ is my preference of the trio but as said, all three readily rock the rafters.

The Kimberly Steaks are the 3rd ace in a row with a hat-trick of songs made to savour. More deliberate and less frenetic than the previous 2 outfits outpourings this is a nice gear change and continues the complimentary noisescape. A more modern constructive methodology here interspersed with basic punk moments the chosen track is ’Too Much Of A Good Thing’. Good vocal style perfectly catered for with gritty guitars and flowing rhythm the song is a real winner for me.

Finally and not in the least it is the turn of The Try-Hards with their American-slanted candy cacophony that quirkily jerks along in a likeable way and yet again adds another flavour to a 4 course dish. ’1, 2, 3, 4’ is the best with a great oddball twang that melodically surfs the soundscape and does the band complete justice.

A fantasic CD and an appreciated addition to the collection as it offers some great new material at a quality price. I mean - £2 for 12 tracks - if you can’t be bothered to try this then I truly despair. This new offering from a new label promises much for punk rock in general and I truly welcome Day Job Records and the bounty of quality it should surely keep bringing the scene’s way."