Riddlin
                  Kids

                  Hurry Up and Wait

                  Aware/Columbia

                  By David Chiu

                		
              

            

        

      


      
Even if they were actually called "Ritalin
      Kids" rather the current play on words of their current
      moniker, this band would still play energetic and fast punk rock
      with the usual angstful lyrics. So with their latest album, you
      won't find anything that is penetrating or new; however the rock
      never lets up for an exuberant-filled second: "Blind,"
      the chaotic "Follow Through" and "Faithful,"
      the raucous hell of "Nowhere to Run," and the anthemic
      "Crazy" go for the jugular; a pop friendly side of
      the group reveals itself on "Here We Go Again.". Riddlin
      Kids does a respectable cover of R.E.M.'s "It's the End
      of the World As We Know It," delivering the song with more
      of the apocalyptic fury that R.E.M. sublimely touches on the
      original. The music isn't rocket science but adequate.


      
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