Agent Orange - Greatest and Latest

As much as I love Agent Orange, I'm not sure I understand this release. The new, opening "It's All a Blur" is welcome, just the sort of surf/mod punk-pop they've done so well for so long, in a genre they created and have had to themselves for 20 years. Ditto the cover of the Weirdos' punk cruncher "Message From the Underworld" they've been covering live for a few years, and another fine original, the floor-tom-thumping "What's the CombinationNULL" Bully! But we've been waiting for a new studio LP -- which would only be their fourth in all that time -- since 1996's Virtually Indestructible, and these three songs could have been the building blocks towards that. Read More