With guitarist/vocalist Jeff Burke moving to Japan, it looks like we won’t hear anything new from The Marked Men for quite some time. Luckily they left us with “Ghosts” to soften the blow. And they soften it with ease, even topping 2006’s “Fix My Brain” in the process.
The songs – 15 intotal – fly by and while it does help to keep things sound fresh with every new listen, it takes a couple more listens for the sheer brilliance of it all to shine through. The melodies and vocal harmonies on this one are outstanding. This is primo poppunk and excellent garage rock at the same time. I don’t know how they do it but The Marked Men do everything right. It’s fast, it’s catchy and they rock out throughout the entire album with not just one highlight but fifteen of them. There’s simply no going wrong with this album!
