Alphabetland - X: Review
X is a California punk and alternative rock band who released some of the genre's most essential and acclaimed work in the early 80's. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of their seminal 1980 debut album Los Angeles the original line-up of the band reunited for the first time since 1985's Ain't Love Grand . Review By Lavender: I would say that X is among my favorites of the original punk bands of the 1980's and 95% of that is due to my huge admiration for their debut Los Angeles . While I do enjoy pieces of their next few records the most essential moment of the bands catalog is their consistently underrated first record. When this record was surprised dropped out of the blue I was certainly caught off guard given how long it has been since we last heard anything from the band, and even more excited once I heard that the original line-up was writing and recording together for the first time in a long time. I had hoped that the band came back because they had someth...