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2013
Genre: Rock
Release Date: 2013
By Evan Minsker
Reviewed January 25, 2013
Hardly Art offshoot End of Time Records' inaugural release is by Wimps, a Seattle trio featuring members of the Intelligence, Meth Teeth, and Partman Parthorse, who write bright, bubbly punk hooks about how the world is a dismal place.
Though Wimps' is slathered in bright, bubbly punk hooks, the world they present in their lyrics is dismal. People are boring. Work sucks. The only break from this banal place is sleeping. Their song "Hello Frustration" namechecks anxiety, neurosis, nerves, and depression. The title track's message is simple-- you eat, you sleep, and then you repeat. In the track "Grump": "It's all downhill from here." The Seattle punk trio use their platform to illustrate the more banal facets of everyday life, and in straightforward terms, they point out what's terrible about each societal norm. Their solutions are simple, if impractical: "Quit Your Job" and "Nap".