Counter Revolutionaries Afterbirth of the Cool. Release Date : 2006. Label: DDG Records. Rating: Don't Bother. (Screw points. To each his own!) Okay this was unexpected. The first track on this album is an instrumental - a lengthy, not toooo exciting but decent slippery-slidey mass of ethereal noises. The we hop to "Car Fire" and are instantly transported to a crappy redneck halfway-to-the-pop-country just... Ooh, not good. How did this turn around so fast? I had high hopes for this thing but this one song killed it. I almost don't know if they can salvage it. Perhaps, some would say, it is decidedly Canadian-sounding. And that's a shame, but it's also a decade and a half too late and also has little business in the big city. And nope, nothing is salvaged with the next tune. Maybe a couple props to the big guitar solos, but it loses all appeal by being associated wiht such a mess. I think they're trying to make an attempt at sounding badass or dangerous and approaching socio-political topics like poor working wages. But it's just weak. Ugly-sounding.And gross! Song of choice : Well the first track where there were no words and nothing terribly offensive. "Jr. Randy" is the title. -Andy Scheffler Elsewhere Counter Revolutionaries website Published : January, 2007.