Undertow by Dipsomaniacs

Spirited, loud, fun and sometimes even Silly, you know, which is High Praise Indeed in my book! This truly was a really Clever album: well written, arranged, played, sung... even sequenced!" - Gary "Pig" Gold (NJ) 2000

"Sounding like across between Too Much Joy (vocally) and the early Who (musically) New Jersey's Dipsomaniacs mine a chunky vein on Undertow. Guitarists Mick Chorba and Ron

Mitchell obviously spent many hours listening to the Replacements and spearhead the same irreverent energy here, albeit not quite as sloppily. "Student Driver" would fit on a surf compass well as it would on the 'Mats' Sorry Ma Forgot to Take Out the Trash... Props date back to The Stones too - "Pushin Red" and "Little Nothin" (two of my favorites) are built upon the same bones that Keef still pulls out on occassion... Undertow is energetic and garagey enough to require frequent spins in your world too... - Bill Holmes in BUCKETFULL OF BRAINS (UK) 1999

"Power-pop so sweet it's like a dentist's wet dream." JERSEY BEAT (NJ) 1999

"Youthful and fun as could be, 'Undertow' bears all the markings of an exceptional album, shaking and quaking to and fro with boundless energy and heapings of hardfisted hooks. As long as bands such as Dipsomaniacs are around, the spirit of rock & roll will never wither away and die!" Beverly Paterson for ROCK BEAT INTERNATIONAL (MD) 1999

"(regarding 'Undertow') Ballsy pop from these New Jerseyites who clearly love the Replacements. Songs like 'Get Off My Bike' really kick ass, and 'Like Yer Brother' and 'Graduation' will please fans of Mitch Easter. One listen to this album... well, to paraphrase a famous potato chip company, there's no way you can listen just once." David Bash www.purepop.com 1999

"The dipsomaniacs finally hit the nail squarely on the commercially viable head with 'Undertow' as they jangle and chime with authority on 'Krackow'; rock with a venomous

melodicism on 'Get Off My Bike'; blend Paul Westerberg - via - Too Much Joy on 'Wake Up'; and revisit the good old days of college radio for 'Like Yer Brother,' Pushin' Red,' and

'Graduation'." Al Muzer AQUARIAN/ARTS WEEKLY (NJ) 1998

"(regarding 'Undertow') Well produced guitar based power pop with all the live fervor caught on tape nicely" Pat Pierson YEAH, YEAH, YEAH (NJ) 1999

"(regarding 'Undertow')Melodic guitar-jangly pop rock-n-roll a la Gin Blossoms, Wallflowers,et al, but more upbeat, energetic, and exuberant, echoing at times, brilliant 1960s

era pop (esp. Beach Boys) with fine writing from Dips' Mick Chorba thru-out." RAGING SMOLDER MUSIC REVIEW (MD) 1999

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