Y'all know by now i'm sorta disappointed with the current state of the eggpunk landscape and 'cos of that, my barrier for inclusion here for any good-not-great egg-ish record has gotten a lot steeper over the years as the genre has become so much more crowded and stylistically narrowed-down at the same time. The difference for me often comes down to: Does some release either add anything unique to the mix or excel in other areas? Rude Television were always one of those bands that won't alter the course of the genre but they always excelled in the songwriting discipline while evading the most cliché trappings in the field, partly by virtue of having entered that space just about early enough to be informed by more of a classic 2010s garage punk background rather than the highly stylized current wave. Anyway, their newest cassette appears to struggle in the first two (by no means bad, mind you) tunes which are veering dangerously close to some by-the-numbers standard egg fare, before the record's solid songcraft really kicks into gear with the catchy earworm Time's Up and keeps things varied and thrilling through the next couple tunes - Shove It being a fun boderline-hardcore smasher, Upload Rodeo then flexing its supreme power pop songwriting muscle once more. Like so often, the record's final stretch is still pretty decent but wouldn't be enough on its own to get me off the couch. But ya know, these days i'm actually quite willing to settle for any above-average eggpunk artifact with a couple of certified standout tunes 'cos it's already way more than i've come to expect from the bulk of the late-stage eggosphere.