After a six-year break, the SoCal-influenced Canadians returned with a seven-song EP. Nothing much changed over their time off, and the guitar-driven material on
Safeways Here We Come
is the same fervent but melodic pop-punky stuff that
Chixdiggit!
fans have come to expect. With the band's
NOFX
-meets-
Dickies
style,
Fat Wreck
(more so than
Sub Pop
) is a perfect fit for
, and their comfort level shows. It's no doubt they're having fun here, as they goofily burn through songs about lust for a girl named Gabrielle (
"Hot n Horny"
), a girl named after an Asian dish (
"Miso Ramen"
), a girl with a weird hairstyle (
"Swedish Rat"
), and, of course, hockey (
"I Hate Basketball"
). ~ Jason Lymangrover