Just another anarcho-punk band with a lot to say and little talent to express it... is not in the slightest bit true of AYS.

AYS technically came out of the same 80s anarcho-punk scene but they have little in common. They play a brutal combination of US hardcore (including a cover of the Minor Threat classic "In My Eyes"!) with anti-political vocals that keep you awake at night. And they do a pretty good job of it too!

It's a quick CD at under 40 minutes with 17 tracks but it's absolutely phenomonal. The bulk of the CD is composed of 11 parts of "someplace special" that have some ludicrously quick punk parts with ranting vocals but shows a great deal of technical ability with a pretty good production quality. As for some standout tracks: the whole thing! I guarantee you'll come back again and again to this CD that manages to play fast and well without merging metal or any other UK82 features into the sound. I've never heard anything remotely like it and the US influences show just as much as their UK ones. There are some nerves fraying (from Ian Glasper's "The Day the Country Died") about the lead singer being an open racist but this REALLY isn't represented in what is a sublime release!

If you like punk of any variety I'd thoroughly recommend this CD without question. It's unique, highly listenable and has some truly brutal music to boot! Expect no mercy in what is one of the most under-represented and under-appreciated punk releases ever!

As a really sad fact i have to add that the singer of AYS came far off the track (after the band split up) and joined the british BNP (British National Party)... where he still poisons minds to this day.