As the name suggests, this is hyper-active, on a knife edge, no songs over four minutes punk. The album, even though it is 15 tracks long is under 30 minutes long which is quite an achievement.
Because of this, over half of the songs on the album are under two minutes, and subsequently over before you have a chance to be bored by them.
Of these little sketches of songs, 'Greed, Money, Useless Children' stands out for the sheer simplicity and pointlessness of the 54 seconds, and 'My Family' squeezes a 3 minute pop song into 1 and a half, with a bit of extra attitude as well.
Only on maybe 'Oh It's Such A Shame' does Reatard slow down a little, from blistering to just quick, but then he picks up again on the barely over a minute 'Not A Substitute' which is over barely before I finished this sentence.
But the stand out song on the record is the stop start juggernaut 'I See You Standing There' which is simply everything a sub two minute punk song can hope to be, witty, tuneful below the layers of fuzz and so, so, so catchy.
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