The Sin of Pride

Reissue! Best known because of lead singer Feargal Sharkey's solo career and the O'Neill brothers later stint as That Petrol Emotion, Ireland's the Undertones fashioned smart power pop and punk sides during the music's late '70s and early '80s heyday. While not in the Undertones' classic Ramones-go-pop mold, The Sin of Pride does find them grafting the bounce of Motown and layers of sound to their lithe and cerebral brand of punk. To help with the expanded program, the group have included trumpet, saxophone, and strings to their quintet core.