Blog: PopWreck(oning)

Many consider a career in the music business to be an escape from wage life. Apparently, the members of The National Rifle do not. On their debut EP Wage Life , The National Rifle string together songs of shoddily written and barely melodic verses, uninspired hooks and predictable choruses. Though it feels as though the band is really trying to seriously rock out, their songs at this point are too blatantly constructed . Each verse feels like a quick choice of chords for the singer (sounding like Joe Strummer [...]