The Action Is
Bonus tracks
Reviewed by Darcie Stevens, Fri., Nov. 7, 2008
The Action Is
Space Fire (The Record Party)The Hotwheels Jr. days are miles in the rearview, but longtime Austin quartet the Action Is still cranks out sloppy, mid-1990s Trophy's rock. The group's fifth LP demonstrates little in the way of evolution, instead serving as a love letter to Jet ("UPC"), the Toadies ("Window Sill"), and Nashville Pussy ("In Living Memory"). You might call it mimicry had the Action Is not stamped its seal all over this grit at the outset.
