Massive, emo-fuelled and anthemic punk jams from Spanish Love Songs. Musically, 'Schmaltz' finds the band at something of a crossroads. Too indie to be punk and too punk to be indie, they blend the earnest pop-punk of the Menzingers, the anthemic drive of the Gaslight Anthem with the engaging melancholy of Mountain Goats and the Weakerthans on a rousing but emotionally bruising album.
