[3.5/5] Alongside Canada's equally awesome monikered Fucked Up, Allentown, Pennsylvania's Pissed Jeans are one of the few acts pushing the envelope of punk rock in 2007. Equal parts aggressive, discordant and experimental, the 10 hypnotic tracks on Hope For Men are equally reminiscent of Black Flag, Sonic Youth and the Jesus Lizard without sounding overly derivative of any one particular act. Sure, the album has the occasional misstep-most notably the inexplicable spoken-word track "Scrapbooking," which is amazingly more boring to listen to than the actual act of scrapbooking-however, when Pissed Jeans channel their frustration into more focused freakouts on "Caught Licking Leather" or the album's seven-minute finale "My Bed," it's like you're discovering My War all over again. (SUB POP) Jonah Bayer
 Official Website: http://www.subpop.com
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