First Ditch Effort arch hill recordings particularly on the minor-key ballad

particularly on the minor-key ballad "About a Girl" and the dense churn of "Blew

Other unreleased tracks include a cover of the Oblivians' "Memphis Creep" and three tracks from a shelved Montreal session: "Can't Do It Anymore

but the band sounds revitalized as if it were their last hurrah

the passing of time

The music shifts fluidly between meditative and raw

First Ditch Effort arch hill recordings particularly on the minor-key balladNOFX's 2016 LP, First Ditch Effort, follows their usual SoCal sound: simple melodies, big guitars, winsome bass, and drumming. But the lyrics hold deeper surprises. Fat Mike pokes fun at the drinking, drugs ("Six Years on Dope", "California Drought"), his cross dressing ("I'm a Transvest lite"), and low self esteem ("I Don't Like Me Anymore"), and rails against pharma ("Oxy Moronic"). Sometimes funny, other times sincere ("Generation Z", "I'm So Sorry