The Herd...

Lucky for me, Wipers CD's are easy (for the most part) to come by on Amazon. This isn't an "OG" pressing, but rather a cheaper repress that sounds just as good. The Wipers material isn't in any danger of print these days it seems, but it is a shame that the Wipers aren't as revered. This is their 8th LP and it's a sort of overlooked one in their discography (as a matter of fact, it seems like the only Wipers albums people pay attention to are "Youth Of America", "Is This Real?", and "Over The Edge"), but to their credit, Greg Sage and drummer Steve Plouf carry on with their mission to make nonstop near perfect albums with zeal. The opener "Psychic Vampire" lets you know this is a guitar players' album. Greg Sage is genius songwriter, as I had stated previously, his skills seem more confident, more fluid than his earlier material. While I don't like this as much as "The Circle", it's still a potent album from an very underrated band. I'm beginning to close in on the Wipers discography, I am about halfway there on the albums, need the singles next, but I am getting there.

12 songs makes the count at 17946...