the clash, buzzcocks, ramones, undertones, wipers, x, pixies, op ivy, jonathan richman & the modern lovers, the marked men, velvet underground, richard hell & the voidoids, dead milkmen, violent femmes, etc...
Sounds Like
buzzcocks, the clash, ramones
just listen, you bastards.
"Houston's best little secret, which like all the other nuggets of gold currently come out of Texas should should be public domain. This is a gem of a record from start to finish - an adrenaline rush of hooks, choruses, and some of the cleverest pop writing since those BUZZCOCKS fellas picked up their guitars. It's got that MARKED MEN X-factor, that UK '79 buzz, and a fine indie sensibility that reminds me a hell of a lot of THE PIXIES. This is one of those special records that just grows and grows with every listen till you're head-over-heels in love with it. They're coming to my town in two weeks and I've already booked a day off work, and got my drinking exercise routine in full effect - now all I gotta do is bring this record home, learn all the words, and get my dance moves polished to perfection. A brilliant record by a brilliant band."
- Maximum Rock'N'Roll (SD)
"Teenage Ruins” is a perfect song. Something Fierce take a great hook and beat the tar out of it—it’s as catchy as the Undertones’ “Teenage Kicks” but it’s a different kind of perfection, faster, louder, more frantic. Fifty listens (and counting) it’s still holding up. That’s “all-time great” in my book. Now let’s say, for sake of argument, that There Are No Answers subsequently faltered, failed to scale those lofty heights, never again took in that rarified air. Would it be a record worthy of seeking out? Yes. “Teenage Ruins” is that good. But Something Fierce wouldn’t pull that one-hit wonder crap on you. Time and time again they uncork songs I turn up as a matter of reflex. Guitar lines that are simple and infectious. Lead vocals that melt into backing vocals as they hold the vowel sounds at the end of the lines. I almost never understand the lyrics and I howl along anyway. (Isn’t that a symptom of Marked Men Syndrome?) There are nine excellent cuts here. It’s like a greatest hits record. The remaining three cuts, the relative stragglers, sound like Pete Shelley and company. That’s right, at its relative weakest, this disc reminds me of the Buzzcocks! There Are No Answers is the heart of my 2009 soundtrack."
– Razorcake (Mike Faloon)
"Something Fierce has always been on a mission: say it fast, say it loud, make it fun and make it mean something. It’s that final ingredient that puts the band 10 steps above less mature locals: injecting an honest, relatable vulnerability into songs about solitude and bad attitudes...With There Are No Answers, Something Fierce continues to be refreshing in its sincerity."
- The Houston Chronicle (Sara Cress)
After your show on the 30th you should come to the Hippodrome @ midnight for THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW - featuring, ahem, myself as Columbia in the stage crew!! Come Time Warp with us!!! Every self-respecting punker has to do it AT LEAST once ...
Loved rocking Bryan with you guys - wish I could be at your Waco house party that sounds like a real good time but I have a gig that night. I hope we can do more shows together in the future.
