NOFX – Never Trust A Hippy

NoFX are back and ready to rock with yet another full length waiting to tear up speakers worldwide, but like the band did with their last full length, War On Errorism, they are making their fans wait a little longer than usual for it, teasing them a bit with a short EP, making their ever rabid fans salivate at the prospect of a full length. But ever second spent sitting there salivating in anticipation can also be spent rocking out to the new EP, Never Trust A Hippy, because frankly the EP is worth rocking out too.

While only twelve minutes long Never Trust A Hippy is still packed full of that NoFX goodness. Like Regaining Unconsciousness, this little EP has two songs, Seeing Double At The Triple Rock and The Marxist Brothers, which will appear on their new full length in May. Those two songs kick off the album perfectly, showing the two sides of the band. First a fun song about drinking and partying at the Triple Rock in Minnesota and the other a much more political outburst with a simple, slow upstroke melody throughout. One thing’s for sure is that these two songs fill the listener with great expectations for Wolves In Wolves’ Clothing.

The remaining four songs are saved for this release itself. The first is a high energy cover of Golden Boys, which starts off slowly but really picks it up as the song movies forward, and from there on the EP never rests. You’re Wrong is a solid, catchy, acoustic song similar to Whoops I Od ‘d, which sees the band pointing out all the faults of society. They follow that up with two quick, one two punches, Everything In Moderation (Especially Moderation) and I’m Going To Hell For This One which bring back the old times of NoFX. Fun, sarcastic, snappy songs.

Really, Never Trust A Hippy is an EP for any NoFX fan. It is classic NoFX, and only really stumbles with the cover song. It is light years beyond their last EP, and I sure as hell can’t wait to hear the actual full length.