There’s no trace of a sophomore slump to be found on Manarovs’ second album. ‘Callsign: Proton’ comes with a whopping 15 new tracks that veer between pop-punk and Ramonescore.

On ‘Callsign: Proton’, the Savannah, Georgia based band prove themselves to be firm believers of the old  ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ adage. So don’t expect them to reinvent the genre. And sure, they aren’t going to win any beauty contests with some of the vocals not being quite in tune and a couple of the guitar licks not sounding quite right. But there’s still plenty to be said for their tunes which come chock-full of buzzing guitars, melodic riffs and catchy choruses. Especially on the Lillingtons-flavored opener ‘Us Vs Them’ and the incredibly smooth ‘Just Wait,’ which in spite of its title is pretty relentless.

Callsign: Proton track list:

1. Us vs Them    
2. Bad Mission    
3. Anywhere For You    
4. I Am Lost In Time    
5. Starstruck    
6. Mr. Snow Leopard    
7. Lost In Space    
8. I Don’t Wanna Kill For You (Tonight)    
9. Just Wait    
10. Another Night Without You    
11. Pitch Black    
12. Long Time Ago    
13. Supernova    
14. Nowhere To Run    
15. The End