First Ditch Effort arch hill recordings ” Medford displaces loneliness by

” Medford displaces loneliness by falling in love with the small things that make her happy

alongside the group's mind-bending instrumental sections

particularly on the minor-key ballad "About a Girl" and the dense churn of "Blew

Selections such as "The Girls" seem like brief previews of the type of lush vistas observed on his main albums

and keyboards to create a raw

First Ditch Effort arch hill recordings ” Medford displaces loneliness byNOFX's 2016 LP, First Ditch Effort, follows their usual SoCal sound: simple melodies, big guitars, winsome bass, and drumming. But the lyrics hold deeper surprises. Fat Mike pokes fun at the drinking, drugs ("Six Years on Dope", "California Drought"), his cross dressing ("I'm a Transvest lite"), and low self esteem ("I Don't Like Me Anymore"), and rails against pharma ("Oxy Moronic"). Sometimes funny, other times sincere ("Generation Z", "I'm So Sorry