Escape From The Zoo – Countin’ Cards

A great punk album is one that makes you think, feel and want to mosh simultaneously. Escape From The Zoo has struck the perfect balance between all three on their new album Countin’ Cards. It’s something that the band – the louder, faster, punk project that Days N’ Daze’s Jesse Sendejas cofounded with his wife Veronica – has always done, but never quite to this extent. Much of that is down to the circumstances that led up to the recording of these songs – most obviously a global pandemic that allowed for intense self-reflection. This period of isolation coincided with Sendejas getting sober, so not only do the songs that make up Countin’ Cards offer up deep and poignant existential questions about life – as well as the social and political constructs that surround and consume it – but they’re also a reflection of Sendejas’ newfound clarity and the path he’s now trying to take. The result is nine songs that are earnest expressions of everyday struggle and existence. For fans of: Days N Daze, Leftover Crack, Bridge City Sinners

01. HEADS UP 7 UP
02. SHIT SHOW
03. LEARNING CURVE
04. SENTIENT BEER
05. 12 ROUNDS
06. JARS O’FEARS
07. WASTED YEARS
08. DRAFT DODGERS
09. COUNTIN’ CARDS