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Crack open a bag of Kettle Brand Krinkle Cut Dill Pickle Potato Chips and you'll be slapped in the face with that very pleasant smell of Dill Pickle flavour chips. This may lead you to think, "Are these going to be aggressively dill pickley..maybe heavy with the vinegar burn?". Well, saddle up partner because as soon as you throw one of these crunchy ridged thingers in your mouth..you get an average level of run of the mill dill pickle flavour. The first whiff may be a little misleading, but they're a completely adequate dill pickle chip. As a Kettle Brand chip, you better make sure you have socks on because they're on the greasier side of the chip spectrum. Word to the wise, if you're gonna step into these you may want to have some dip handy, not because the flavour needs to be covered up but because gee golly these are some sturdy chips. You won't find the crunch to be a turn off but I'm pretty sure one could eat a brick of cream cheese with these and not break a single chip.

It's nice to purchase music without knowing what exactly it's going to sound like. Last year I picked up Yeah No by Used Kids. This purchase was solely based on a couple of the band members listed on the back of the album; Mike Yannich (but really what album isn't he on) and Nato Coles (I had heard a few of his songs with the Blue Diamond Band on a podcast previously and it was good enough to implant the name into my head). When I got home and tossed it on I was a little surprised. Musically it's more towards the 80's (blue collar) rock rather than the pop punk/50's rock that I had anticipated (not to say that those influences aren't present, just not as present as I had figured they would be). It's a completely enjoyable album. Mid tempo rock with playful guitar. Nato Coles, with his somewhat gravely voice, is the primary singer but the other band members take over lead here and there (which is a nice change of pace and adds a different flavour to the songs). Nothing groundbreaking but an enjoyable rock album.

Stay hydrated,
Marc

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