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"Pop-Ism! is an embarrassment of riches, each song more captivating than the last. If Joe Strummer hadn’t gone off the world music deep end near the end of his all-too-short life, he’d have given his right arm to pen anthemic tunes like “Wendy-O” or “Heroine.” A masterful return to form for a group we were too foolish to even know we’d ever lost, Pop-Ism! is the album Revelons were born to make." "The Revelons are enthralling onstage. Lead singer Gregory Pickard burns with an unhinged intensity that would rival a Bowie or Byrne.” “New York’s best underground band” “One of New York’s best unsigned bands” Unknown Legends… “It is impossible to believe that punk era music this rock, this raw, this heartfelt and this good has been buried for nearly twenty years” BEST REISSUE OF A BEST LOCAL BAND (Anthology 2004)" “The best-kept secret of the proto-punk era… [the] songs recall the most rudimentary punk, with anthemic choruses and chugging guitar riffs that propel them to climax… ‘Anthology’ archives pivotal moments in the history of punk and new wave music” “Singer Gregory Lee Pickard pulls off the tortured whining punk voice even better than the more celebrated Richard Hell. He’s on the brink of collapse from his first trembling word” “The Revelon’s ‘Anthology’ is the kind of record where you could get in an argument comparing your favorite songs… Infectious, creative songwriting, hooks galore, and great production. Choruses that just soar, and songs that escalate into moments of pure lovely pop” “One of the year’s best releases” “One of the top 89.1 releases of 2004” “One of the best reasons to have a CD player in 2004”
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