"I open the door just as someone yells 1-2-3-4, and somehow magically it’s NYC circa 1977. Delilah’s is as gloriously cruddy as I remember, but what had got my attention is how good it sounds as I enter the room. With the opening chords of “Diagnosis,” a week’s worth of stress melts away, and the simple joy of a great song is all that matters. This is not the same band from the rehearsal three weeks ago. Yes, they are The Figbeats, but now they are a well-oiled machine, playing with confidence and—most importantly—having fun. “Diagnosis” is almost too perfect. It’s a song that seems too obvious to not have been written 35 years ago during punk’s heyday. It feels dangerous to point out such connections. Nobody wants to be pigeonholed, but this feels less like a hole than a launching point. The thing that made punk rock great was the fact that it stripped things down to the simple elements that made rock great in the first place. There is something vital and real and very much of the moment to this music, too, and that’s about as much as you can ask of a song. This is no retro act, and The Figbeats are no one-trick pony…." The Figbeats are: Brad Skafish - Lead Vocals / Guitar Jim Senderhauf - Bass / Lead Vocals Bob Shields - Guitar / Backing Vocals Chris Leather - Drums / Backing Vocals credits: released 30 July 2013 All songs written, recorded and produced by The Figbeats at Moon Daddy Records in Michigan City, Indiana 2013 Mixed and Mastered by Bob Shields Additional Backing Vocals on That's Alright by Eve Senderhauf Better Than Ever co-written and performed by The Figbeats and Ione Skafish, drums performed by Sean Kilroy Train sample in I'm A Rat courtesy of Travis Morgan Band photos by Michelle Senderhauf Cover photo by John Stavinoha Art Direction and Graphic Design by Leatherwerks A special thank you to Rhys Mussman, founder, Moon Daddy Records