Includes download code. Limited edition colour vinyl.The first song is upbeat and driving and it rarely lets up from there. Simplicity finally reverses The Bouncing Souls’ decade long slide into mellowness. The mellowing trend began with the wonderful The Gold Record (2006), and only grew more pronounced with Ghosts on the Boardwalk (2010) and Comet (2012). Not that those albums were bad. It turns out that The Bouncing Souls are quite good at playing power pop, but many hoped for a return to their more aggressive punk style. This is the record they've been waiting for. Maybe having a new drummer helped. Or maybe the guys made a conscious effort to go for a retro vibe with Simplicity, like the title sort of implies. Either way, long time fans are going to be happy.
