Back catalogue: Punk/Hardcore

Review: Opting to go out on their own terms, purposefully petulant, endlessly irreverent punk mainstays, NOFX, are set to graciously bow out of the race upon completing next year's tour cycle for their final swan song, the aptly - if rather literally - titled Double Album. Following on from 2021's excellent, 'Single Album', the project marks the return of Bill Stevenson of Descendents and Blasting Room's Jason Livermore on production duties, aiding Fat Mike and co to craft the most dynamic, seasoned, and entertaining material of their 21st century output. Sporting the endlessly playful and brilliantly titled lead single, 'Darby Crashing Your Party', as well as the originally penned for Blink-182 cut, 'Punk Rock Cliche', few artists, let alone those in the punkosphere, manage to stroll to the finish line on their own terms, merit and energy intact, but that's precisely what NOFX have accomplished. With a stacked 2023 promised for the band's final trot around the sun, there couldn't be a more bittersweet time to be a devotee of self-aware, cynical anthems.