
Douglas Martin does not recommend Male Bonding as an adhesive. In spite of being repeatedly referred to as such, Nothing Hurts ( http://passionweiss.com/2010/0 5/10/douglas-martins-dirty-sho es-male-bonding-gets-to-the-po int-and-fast/ )- Male Bonding’s forty-yard dash of a debut record- was not lo-fi. All the hallmarks were in place, though: the gnashing guitars, the skittering cymbals, the ear-piercing feedback. But those aspects were delivered with a (slight) clarity that belies the tag that was placed squarely on the band’s shoulders; they were more a catchy punk band that could have feasibly opened for Superchunk or Archers of [...]