Operation Ivy Energy 3/8/05 Singer and guitarist Austin McCutchen

Singer and guitarist Austin McCutchen contributes his dazed voice to the displayslurs his words

The album reveals itself much like a coming of age novel about the breaking apart of girlhood and rebuilding of a young woman

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and our ‘middle-aged’ years are now right here

and it also marks the final sessions for two legendary musicians who died in 2021

Operation Ivy Energy 3/8/05 Singer and guitarist Austin McCutchenAmong the best works of the rightfully maligned ska punk genre, Operation Ivy's Energy is an unsurpassed, highly intelligent, extremely fun record. At the pinnacle of the East Bay punk scene, Operation Ivy sadly fizzled out just before the record was released, but left their mark and are frequently cited as an inspiration to all the bands that came later and played the same sort of music, though never as well. Bassist Matt Freeman and guitarist Tim