High praise from Mitch Clem at www.mitchclem.com:
The internet is a magical place sometimes. Take two days ago, for instance. While slowly wasting away an empty husk of a human in front of my computer, I stumbled upon Shang-A-Lang. This is exactly the type of band that makes me wish I was together enough to have my own label. But what can you do. Listen to the song "Friends Grow Up" and tell me it isn't the best song you ever heard in your fucking life. No lie.
High prainse from Razorcake
SHANG-A-LANG - ERROR: You Cannot Add Yourself as a Friend 7"
Even though I'd never heard Shang-A-Lang before this 7", I felt like saying, "Hello, old friend." They come across as a comfortable quilt of bands I already enjoy muchly. The good news is that they don't remind me too much of just one band, nor do I suspect they've got musical photocopy machines tucked away in their back pockets. Their musical radar blips in the storm front populated by Scared of Chaka, The Bananas, ADD/C, and Dead Things (and it's a toss up if they've ever heard of those bands). It's not as straight ahead as initial listenings would indicate, easy-to-sing along to DIY punk, that's as fun to listen to, I imagine, as it was fun to make. It's also super easy to smile along to. 300 made. Hand numbered. Good news. -Todd (Dirt Cult)
More high praise from Razorcake:
DIY, melodic punk that rocks the fence and every asshole sitting on it. So magically poppy and gritty at the same time it must be listened to repeatedly, if not for enjoyment than simply for conformation. For fans of the Bananas, Hickey, and shaking fences. Contains ex-members of The Answer Lies. Hand numbered at 300.
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