Credit: Jason Buhrmester (writer)  

<p><span style="font-family: mceinline, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;">San Francisco punks Dead to Me drop their Clash-inspired sound and change up the buzz saw guitars for stop-start riffs that suggest they&rsquo;ve been spinning a lot of Gang of Four in their rehearsal space. &ldquo;Tierra del Fuego&rdquo; is filled with jittery funk riffs, as is &ldquo;A Day Without a War,&rdquo; a plea for peace in which singer-bassist Chicken howls, &ldquo;We&rsquo;ll never be safe again.&rdquo; There are still plenty of nods to Joe Strummer and gang, especially as Dead to Me explore world music influences. They slip through dub on opener &ldquo;X&rdquo; and bring Latin influences to &ldquo;California Sun.&rdquo; Don&rsquo;t miss &ldquo;Cruel World,&rdquo; Chicken&rsquo;s Replacements-like musing on the state of the world.</span></p> <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Akzidenz-Grotesk BQ', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 8px;"><span style="font-family: mceinline;"><br /></span></span></span></div> <p>&nbsp;</p>