Bonus MP3: Automorrow -- "Overboard"

Since Automorrow had the CD release party for its The Diver EP on Friday, and also since my review of said EP runs in this week's print edition of the Observer, we at DC-9 thought you might like a little taste of the band. While the band incorporates ska and...

By Darryl Smyers

January 28, 2009

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Since Automorrow had the CD release party for its The Diver EP on Friday, and also since my review of said EP runs in this week's print edition of the Observer, we at DC-9 thought you might like a little taste of the band.

While the band incorporates ska and reggae into its sound, "Overboard" is pure, unadulterated, hardcore punk, done the old school way ala The Ramones, The Misfits and Fear.

Bonus mp3:

Automorrow -- "Overboard"

Seriously, this is the best punk rock song I've heard from a Dallas-area band since the '80s heyday when The Hugh Beaumont Experience, Stickmen with Rayguns and Bomb Squad walked our fair streets.

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