RICHARD PAPIERCUTS - If LP power pop with ALLEN “ALPO” PAULINO (formerly

with ALLEN “ALPO” PAULINO (formerly of the REAL KIDS) on bass

with impressive shifts from quiet desperation to cathartic outburst

Easter and the Totem released three LPs (the first one at the urging of John Peel)

sounds during that bottomlessly special post-punk moment where the spirit of ‘anything goes’ met the ability to make everything sound good

But some apparently exist nowhere else

RICHARD PAPIERCUTS - If LP power pop with ALLEN “ALPO” PAULINO (formerlyHighly recommended. "His solo work blends post punk, old school rock n' roll, soul and other influences held together with his distinctive melodramatic, on if not over the edge vocal style. Outsider art? Maybe, but accessible." Bill Pearis, Brooklyn Vegan "This is so good, so, so, so, good" Casting Couch "A Monster, really." Mitch Cardwell, MRR " there's no other artist like him these days, and he's one of the top songwriters we have out there,