Music Review

Trade Test Transmissions

Buzzcocks
Reviewed by Doug Brod | Nov 19, 1993
EW's GRADE
A-

Details Lead Performance: Buzzcocks; Genre: Rock

On, Trade Test Transmissions, their first studio album in more than a decade, these seminal punk poppers dispatch 17 cleverly articulated bursts of horny longing and alienation that sound as if they could have been recorded during the band's late-'70s heyday. More surprisingly, tracks like "Palm of Your Hand" and "Isolation" accomplish a seemingly impossible feat: They make the nostalgic seem relevant. A-

Originally posted Nov 19, 1993 Published in issue #197 Nov 19, 1993 Order article reprints

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