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    HM Magazine #84/The Status
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    The Status

    It's Really Quite Manic

    (2000)

    Reviewed by Tim McCready

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    Label Hard to Say RecordsHM Magazine #84July/August 2000
    garage rockpop punkpunk

    What can I say? Punk Rock! 10 songs of mostly mid-tempo bar chord rock and roll by five young heart throbs from Canada who like to wear black.

    Other coverage for this album

    Bandoppler 2000Reviewed by Earl CampbellA precocious and thoroughly believable ode to rock 'n' roll, It's Really Quite Manic by Vancouver BC's The Status hits a lot musical gaps left stripped and covered with Bubble Yum over recent years. While they have a lot of room to grow in their songwriting — mainly in the redundancy department — this band recaptures elements of raw punk, pure rock, and not-so-innocent roll in a manner not as…

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