BOMBS AND BEATING HEARTS - "From Dumpsters Rise" CD

  I know this has been out for a while but since I hadn't heard of this until I saw them at Cafe Berlin a while back it seemed right to cover this now.  On this full-length Bombs and Beating Hearts dish up a hearty serving of acoustic punk rock where a low technology approach (simple percussion, accordion, and acoustic guitar) meshes with a lot of anger.  The songs here have a definite anti authoritarian bent as they take on cops, the war on terror, missionaries and the like.  Add a couple instrumentals and the disc becomes an interesting portrait of what can happen when punk rock steps outside its normal expectations (loud, overdriven guitars, screamed vocals) to take a path not that often traveled (the best known example was the original incarnation of Against Me about a decade or so ago).  Sadly, since I picked this disc up I learned recently that the band has broken up though some new recordings may be on the way.  (BOONE)