I’d been listening to a song or two off this for a while but was always too distracted for various reasons to really listen to the whole thing until recently.  The latest from Report Suspicious Activity finds them moving forward at light speed and taking their often aggressive riff driven in your face approach to HC with ‘em.  The riff and bass heavy anthems are here but along the way the band throws in melodic punk songs and an acoustic guitar appears on several tracks.  All of this helps produce catchy, moving sons detailing the war machine, torture, corruption, and other benchmarks that have basically got this country screwed, blued, and tattooed over the past eight or so years.  While there is a fair amount of anger here (and rightfully so, I have to say), the album’s willingness to comment on that cost of the so-called “War on terror” explores the basic range of emotions here.  The overall music here is powerful and energetic, creating one of late 2008’s best album.  Get this and go online to find the bonus track.  Proof that punk rock is still vital, rebellious, and necessary now more than ever.  (BOONE)

(Alternative Tentacles Records. P.O. Box 4190923. San Francisco, CA 94141-9092 alternativetentacles.com)