Sick Transit - 'Act Your Age' (Quick Review)

This album finds Sick Transit serving up a slice of fast, melodic, and fun punk rock that shares a familiar sound with early mid-2000s pop/punk like MxPx and early The Ataris, as well as early Blink-182 think Chesire Cat era. For a newer band comparison I think Spraynard would be fair. The album is a blaze of fun. The acoustic opener "Act Your Age" is a great opener and it's a big standout. I thought it was a neat move for the band to open with their acoustic song as pop/punk fans have gotten used to the acoustic closer. After that the album just speeds by with great harmonies and nice pop/punk guitars. "Adult Swim" is a standout. I really like the vocals on the song and it's a really catchy song that got stuck in my head. "Punk Rock S.O.B." is a little rougher around the edges. It's almost hardcore punk as it's so aggressive musically. It has a lot more of a hardcore punk vocal approach, maybe slightly more melodic. The song "Why Don't Dogs Eat Fruit" has a guitar riff that really reminds me of vintage MxPx in a really cool way. Overall this is a pretty cool album full of mostly fast punk rock with heavy pop edges. You don't hear many pop/punk bands do this style these days quite as well as Sick Transit does on this release. It's a solid album that fans of the genre should really enjoy.