The Acro-brats

The Acro-brats: Kicking and Screaming

by Dan McClenaghan
November 11, 2002

Of course, this is the opinion of an old guy... My first impression on an initial listen of Kicking and Screaming was: These guys have checked out an Elvis Costello album or two. The opener, "Payback", has that retributive bitterness of Costello's most biting early work. It also has the drive and energy. And when "No Action", off of the Declan-man's second album (if my memory serves me well--a dicey supposition these days) shows up, the influence is ...