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6 am, day after Christmas BALTIMOREHARDCORE.ORG “It takes a certain level of confidence to interpolate “Dancing in the Dark” into your folk-punk singalong, but Combat isn’t afraid. The Maryland punks’ approach to Text Me When You Get Back is so unaffected, so genuine, that it doesn’t stand out at all. This is a record that’s self-consciously about how little Holden Wolf believes in this record: “I know you’re way better than me. God, I wish I could write songs like that,” “If it sounds stupid to you, it sounds stupid to me. Nothing is working,” “We’ll write a verse, we’ll raise the first and throw the song in the garbage.” Maybe that’s part of what makes Text Me When You Get Back so good: it feels like a record that was made out of passion that just happens to absolutely rock. “Crossroads” has the energy of Joyce Manor if they grew up on Old 97’s records, “Road Trip” sets country twang against a punk rock tempo, and the ever-expanding “Worst First” is effortlessly, endlessly catchy. It looks like Wolf’s tongue-in-cheek lyrics will end up proven right: their first record was good, and the second will be great.” - Zac Djamoos (The Alternative)