Popmatter.com review of The Kiss Off from Pris
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Pris, The Kiss Off (Loveless)
Burke Thomas, formerly of Muzzle, should really have this whole power pop thing down a little bit better than the debut effort from his one man band Pris suggests. Should a power pop band really introduce themselves with an compilation album stuffed full of twenty-four remastered demo tracks that lasts nearly eighty minutes? It is not as if Thomas doesn't know how good power pop should sound, The Kiss Off is full of catchy, crunchy pop nuggets delivered with punk rock intensity. In fact, the album starts off rather fun, particularly the stupid but catchy two-fer of "Doobie Down Down" and "Tightey Whitey", but the overall sameness of sound eventually proves tiresome a little past the half-hour mark. That's the point where most guilty pleasure pop albums have the smarts to stop, right when the sugar buzz fades, but The Kiss Off just keeps plowing through tracks. Towards the last few tracks, The Kiss Off becomes an endurance test of interchangeable choruses and superfluous keyboard riffs. Certainly there could be an exciting debut somewhere within this mess, but it would take a listener a lot of time and trouble to discover it. Power pop should intoxicate its audience, The Kiss Off will just give it a hangover. "
— Hunter Felt
