Submitted for your approval: 5 tracks of varying lengths and difficult horn 
parts, with lyrics that really make you wonder how emo this band really 
is.  I know that sounds wacky, considering that the Mad Caddies, for all 
intents and purposes, are a Fat Wreck punk/ska band with blistering drum 
beats, super fast power chords, and a goofy stage show to be reckoned 
with.  But come in closer, and take a look at just how emo the Caddies 
really are: 



EXHIBIT ONE: Lyrics

Track one, "Falling Down" -- "the day we met upon a cold December, the day 
we met and I started to fall."

Track two, "Nobody Wins at the Laundromat" -- "A blackened wick is all that 
remains when the verdict has been sent."

Track three, "Something's Wrong at the Playground" -- "A cherry burning 
bright, but a future that's not."

Track four, "Destro" -- "I wanna see you when everything's gone."

Track five, "S.O.S." -- ok, so this is an ABBA cover.  But ABBA was pretty 
emo, right?



EXHIBIT TWO: Liner Notes

Contained after the thanks list, there is a little note from a band member:

"[W]hat you hear on this record is not so much a labor of love as it is an 
impromptu jam.  It is a spur of the moment thing we couldn't really 
recreate if we tried."

Does that not just completely sound like thrown-together emo supergroup 
Radio Flyer?  Come on, you have to be starting to see it now.  And finally, 
the final piece of evidence.

EXHIBIT THREE: Pictures

Inside the booklet, there are associated pictures put together, like in 
most CDs.  Does this mean that all CDs are emo?  No [although by the looks 
of it these days, that might change.  Rap Rock can only live for so 
long.  But I digress].  What is emo are two different series of 
pictures: one being the same shot from a live show repeated in a vertical 
row, each frame being a different color, the other being a line of photos 
running across the bottom of the booklet horizontally, each being a 
seemingly random shot of the outside and inside of a motor home.  Fat has 
realized that emo is the next big thing, so it is only a matter of time 
before we see No Use For A Name in V-neck sweaters and Good Riddance in 
horn-rimmed glasses.  Regardless, this EP still sounds great, emo or not, 
and it is a wonderful follow-up to "Duck and Cover."