The Attack - Of Nostalgia and Rebellion (2014)

Classic, face-smashing, broken bottle punk is all but lost on the Pitchfork-worshipping, women's jeans-wearing masses whose idea of youth rebellion is going to see American Idiot on Broadway. Well, with that being said, allow yourself to feel the old school fury of the Attack. Formed by Charlie Bender, one-time frontman for the Orlando, Florida-based ska band the Spitvalves, and his partner in the acclaimed screen printing company Enemy Ink, Brad Palkevich, on guitar alongside bassist Mikey Cortes and drummer Tito Esquiaqui, this quartet delivers the kind of vintage melodic hardcore that will take true punkers right back to the days of CBGB's Sunday matinees on Of Nostalgia and Rebellion, a self-released call-to-arms featuring 12 tracks loaded with punishing breakdowns, gang-style singalongs, and riffs as crushing as a curb sandwich. Fans of the Cro-Mags, Lifetime, and Agnostic Front will certainly relish in the rage of such key tracks as ;Prove It, Matters, and an incendiary cover of CCR's Bad Moon Rising that just might prove John Fogerty had roots in punk rock after all. By Ron Hart 14 June 2010 --Pop Matters

By Jason Ferguson The Attack Of Nostalgia and Rebellion (self-released) Orlando punks the Attack would have been hard-pressed to come up with a more perfect title for their (long-overdue) debut album than Of Nostalgia and Rebellion. Although certainly not old-timers, the members of the band hew to a catholic strain of punk rock with roots in the youth movements of 90s street punk, 80s hardcore and, of course, the original fires of the late 70s. All of these versions of punk rock had two things in common: a deeply rooted and aggressive sense of us against them and a desire to reconfigure the healing powers of rock & roll into something that aimed to be both transcendent and down-to-earth. If the Attack is nostalgic for anything, then, it s not a sound, but an attitude that three chords, a six-pack and a fire in your belly is all you need to overthrow the system. These ex-Spitvalves and current Overdalers, of course, lean a bit more heavily on the six-pack and fire parts of that equation; their shows while not quite Flogging Molly style keg-drainers are focused squarely on pub-rock fundamentals, although the band s rousing anthems tend to be more musically complex than standard hardcore fare. Yet they are precisely calibrated to deliver maximum impact, thanks to vocalist Charlie Bender s shout-singing calls to arms, Brad Palkevich s beefy guitar lines and an impressively fluid rhythm section (bassist Mikey Cortes and drummer Tito Esquiaqui) that s as capable of banging out a double-time pit rhythm as they are of making Bad Moon Rising sound like a lost punk classic. Of Nostalgia manages to capture the emphatic energy of those live shows while emphasizing some superior punk songcraft (cuts like Stolen and Prove It are bracingly fresh takes on the musical middle-finger). It may all sound familiar at first, but then again, that s sort of the point. --By Jason Ferguson Orlando Weekly

Orlando may have given the world a slew of horrible boy bands, but the Disney city has finally decided to make up for past exports by offering the world a decent punk band:The Attack. The group, featuring Enemy Ink founders Charlie Bender and Brad Palkevich, along with Tito Esquiaqui and Mikey Cortes, releases it's debut, Of Nostalgia and Rebellion, on February 16th. Additionally, the band has just announced a handful of shows. Taking the stage at this year's Harvest of Hope Festival, The Attack is also playing some East Coast dates, including a Feb. 19th show with H20 at Trocaddero in Philadelphia. To quote from the band's recent press release: The Attack is ruled by a DIY ethos and driven by a goal to re-unite the punks and skins and hardcore kids under the same underground flag. The Attack's lyrics are true shot from all sides anthems. The Attack never panders to one political party or music scene forming an opinion, agenda and sound of its own. --John Moore Philadelphia Punk Music Examiner