NOFX First Ditch Effort CD Digipak (2016)

Fat Mike wrote most of this album while going through a divorce. You can tell. First Ditch Effort is NOFX at their most uncomfortably honest, the kind of punk record where the jokes land harder because you know they're not really jokes.

Thirteen albums deep and still no major label, still no apologies. That's the whole NOFX story in one sentence. Released in 2016 on Fat Wreck Chords, this one sits comfortably alongside Punk in Drublic and The War on Errorism for fans who've been there since the 90s skate punk boom, and it's a solid entry point for anyone just now catching up. The digipak format gives it a bit more shelf presence than a standard jewel case, which matters when you're building a proper collection.

Format: CD Digipak. Full length album. Country of origin: USA. Genre: Punk rock.

Fans of: Rancid, Pennywise, Lagwagon, Bad Religion, No Use for a Name, Millencolin, Anti-Flag.