Gotta hand it hats off to Dennis Jagard for keeping the flame of Ten Foot Pole alive. I remember the nineties and all those Epitaph cds coming to our hometown. Of course we already knew some bands, but some were totally unknown to us, but hey, we thought, if the record came out on Epitaph it must be good and it must be the kind of music we listen to, since all those great bands came out on that label that we grew up with.

Back then, one of the best fanzines here in Croatia was Ponos provincije (rough English translation would be The Province Pride), and in one of the numbers came out the interview with Ten Foot Pole and I learned more about the band, then listened to the first two records and I immediately loved it. That love didn´t stop until today, through all the turmoils and hardships. Now, TFP released an acoustic album with 14 renditions of their old and new songs and I am usually not an avid fan of acoustic punk albums, but this one is a keeper. The whole album has such melancholic and sad atmosphere that I totally related to that, closed my eyes and listened to it in evening darkness from the start to an end. Songs  like My Addiction, Scars, Broken Like Me, Rather Not Be Done are sure to win you over and make even hardest heart of steel bleed.

https://peopleofpunkrock.bandcamp.com/album/simmer-down