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Those multi-talented guys from Bracket, out to save the world from processed Punk prototypes, trot out five albums and two comps worth of weighty anthems on their first live piece, seventeen songs worth of driving Rock that'll crash right through your living room, you'll swear you were so close. The second "Live" installment from the hearty folks at Fat again features an accompanying comic, written by and starring the band themselves in an admirable portrayal of halitosis and heroism and precursory PG video scenes.

There's a certain quality of flexibility for the many bands that comprise the Fat roster, they being first and foremost the natural ability of a song to take you a stretch further than yer typically three second chord strike and scream. Next you'd have to start looking at the haircuts and dangling shirt sleeves and so forth but what's it matter? So rearin' their trademark melody and easy breezy bluesy riffs, Bracket's catchy racket's allowed them to log enough mileage to know where their strengths are and "Live In A Dive" captures that essence, though it does get surprisingly quiet at certain between song intervals.

Good, clean, 24-track state of the art family fun for aspiring choir singers and class clowns of all ages.