PUBLIC OPINION - Painted on Smile LP experimental and present too on the

and present too on the comparatively ramshackle ‘Discount Centre’

a work of contrast

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anchored around a shimmering Hammond B-3 organ riff reminiscent of The Edgar Winter Group’s “Frankenstein” meets Ted Nugent’s “Stranglehold

Pascal Kerong'A

PUBLIC OPINION - Painted on Smile LP experimental and present too on theCONVR86 is Painted on Smile, the debut LP from Denver's Public Opinion. One part ultra catchy punk, one part exorcism, it's an album that reckons with self loathing and self doubt so thoroughly that by the end of it, maybe things don't seem as cursed after all. Painted On Smile somehow draws together the melodicism of early aughts rock, the intensity of hardcore, and the spiky swagger of primordial punk into a surprisingly cohesive blend. Lyrically,