Album Review: The Mendozaz – Up And At Them

How do they do it?  Canadian punk bands I mean, here we have The Mendozaz, formed back in 2017 and they didn’t just decide to play the pop punk that is so synonymous with the not American area of North America, but they play it better than many other bands, well almost a few exceptions might be the likes of Green Day and NOFX, yes I can put these up there! A word of warning before you hit play on the latest album, be prepared to be tapping the foot, nodding the head and shamelessly grinning from ear to ear.  If you are a fan of pop punk, and yes that includes myself, these guys hit every single button square on when it comes to doing this kind of music in the way it should be done, but what they also do is, they do it in a way that is not simply copying, its reimagining and moving the genr...

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