(note: I won’t be using a rating system because rating systems are arbitrary. Developing a Theory of Integrity is a must-listen for those who follow any sub-genre of punk rock, and is a should-listen for everybody else.) MakeWar just defined what it means to be in your 20-somethings, figuring out how the hell you’re going to pay off those pesky student debts while planning that last-minute trip into Brooklyn or Albany or Northampton to see that cool, local band you only heard

I. The Madness I’m not strumming along for your sympathy. Cow bells rattle in my ears. Please, do not listen to them. I should have known it would go like this Shakespeare wrote about something like this. Didn’t Ophelia die from this? II. The Goodness Maybe some goodness leaked into my pores. Instead of collecting dust on household floors. Yeah, maybe that’s better than being the sewer rat. For now, It might seem I’m a tin girl missing her tin hat. III. The Heart I think abou