These Canadian punks have been at it for over thirty years, which is impressive in itself, but even more impressive is the fact they have played a single genre, which they helped create, the entire time. D.O.A. may have cycled through band members like a revolving door, but Joey “Shithead” Keithley has always been the band’s foundation. On Talk-Action=0, the formula remains similar to 2008’s stellar Northern Avenger and fans will without a doubt be pleased with this latest offering. The music is catchy and politically charged with a nice little message permeating the whole album, that you can talk all you want but if there is no action to back it up, there will be no results. “Rebel Kind” kicks ass, the Dylan cover “The Times They Are A-Changin’” also kicks ass. Hell, the whole fucking thing kicks ass, man! Shithead’s vocals are top notch and although outspoken at times (see “That’s Why I am an Atheist”), the fun aspect, as seen in “Captain Kirk, Spock, Scotty and Bones” takes the edge off. They achieve the perfect balance on Talk-Action=0 proving that punk rock is not dead, it’s just a little over 30 years old, it lives in Canada and it is called D.O.A. (Sudden Death Records, suddendeath.com) Scott Wolfe