Recording information: High Bias Recording, Detroit, MI; The Tempermill, Ferndale, MI.

The Dirtbombs' 2008 full-length WE HAVE YOU SURROUNDED may be frontman Mick Collins's genius statement. It's not necessarily his most readily listenable record, but it's a grower, working its way into the listener's brain and casting off revolutionary messages for the subconscious. The music, though rooted in garage rock, is funky in a decidedly contemporary way; it possesses a controlled anger that one could accurately describe as punk; and in true Dirtbombs fashion, it's as fuzzed-out as your grandma's old black & white. A musical call to arms if there ever was one, SURROUNDED is pure Motor City madness. One of the finest underground releases of 2008. A must-have.