The Thumper Punk Juggernaut Punk Machine keeps rolling, this time with a new album from The Way. The Way is a mostly classic punk rock band, with a few touches of pop punk and acoustic punk here and there. The slower/acoustic numbers make a nice break from the blistering punk attack of the other songs. But the punk has got to rock to make a good punk rock album, and in the case of The Way, it does. The only thing that doesn’t work for me is the closing cover of the worship standard “Greater Grace.” Maybe I just wasn’t a huge fan of the original (the melody, not the lyrics), but it seems a bit out of place as an electrified but slowly plodding album closer. Other than that, I would highly recommend this album for fans of punk – the passion, energy, and punk ethos that you have come to expect from Thumper Punk are all present on this album.
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