THE BOUNCING SOULS: The Good, The Bad, And The Argyle Vinyl LP (Yellow Smoke Marble)

There's a specific kind of New Jersey that gets into your bones, and The Bouncing Souls have been carrying it since 1994. The Good, The Bad, And The Argyle is where it all started properly, and it still hits like a screen door in a windstorm.

This is the record that established their particular brand of street-level punk rock, all bruised optimism and anthems for people who'd rather be at a basement show than anywhere respectable. Before they became a fixture on every Warped Tour nostalgia playlist, they were just four guys from New Brunswick making music for people who felt like outsiders in their own zip codes. The Yellow Smoke Marble pressing is a beauty, too, the kind of coloured vinyl that actually justifies owning a record player if you needed an excuse.

Format: Vinyl LP, Yellow Smoke Marble pressing. Original release: 1994, this pressing 2023. Country of origin: USA. Genre: Punk Rock / Pop-Punk.

Fans of: Hot Water Music, Jawbreaker, Dillinger Four, The Misfits