This is one of the first bands that I had in mind when I thought about starting this blog. I've never heard anyone talk about them and I think this album is totally overlooked.
I'm pretty sure these guys were from the San Diego area and were peers/buddies with The Neighbors, who were also pretty great and under appreciated. Both The Neighbors and Peaceful Meadows started out as pretty basic, fast punk bands, but evolved into something more. I have Peaceful Meadows' first album, "Maximum Party," but I don't remember much about it despite liking this one so much. I thought there were 5 people in the band at that point, but maybe I'm wrong. I do remember this album being a big change in improvement anyway.
On "No Justice, No Peace," the 3 members of Peaceful Meadows blaze through 16 songs of tight and melodic punk that straddles the hardcore side. They also provide a hyper cover of Cringer's "Kill My Boss" which is the poppiest moment on the album, but fits in with their other song titles like "Dull Razor Belief System," "Corporate America #1," "Hypocritical Punk" and most succinctly, "World Of Shit." I'd compare this album with the 2nd Christ On A Crutch album or maybe Life Sentence. Each really fast with a sense of melody, but not really sounding like most other bands.
