Cigar are back with their first release for Fat Wreck Chords and it is a blast. I must admit that I didn´t know about this band until PRH 19 when I was surprised and blasted by their music. For those who don´t know, Cigar are a trio and play ultrafast and energetic melodic hardcore punk, with lots of technicality but enough to keep it simple and sounds like a natural progression of nineties skate punk hardcore to new millennia. These ten songs offer a perfect storm, like listening to Reign In Blood, every song counts and every second rules. There are metal influences like in excellent Legacy of the 7 Plies, for which an awesome video was made. Rami´s vocals are superb, dramatic and shouted at moments yet keeping melody in line with otherworldly guitar work, fantastic bass lines, so prog and technical but also making it sound so easy, and believe me it´s not. Drummer is a beast with all rhythm changes, fast charges, even grooves in some parts. We Used To is another song that was chosen for a single and video, it is a nice ode to the past and future with such sweet lyrics and melody. Absolutely a highlight. One of the songs I should also mention is In Armor, battle anthem about not giving in no matter how hard it is, song that I listened to over and over again. Classic You(first single) and Move On are killers too. Damn, that is already more than half of the album. So, into blistering fast melodic hardcore punk? Go get this one. And go see this band live. It is an experience you will not forget.