My little brother introduced me to Strung Out with their album Twisted by Design.  We listened to it on repeat for 3 hours on a mad dash drive down to Baltimore in torrential rain and hyped on too much coffee.  Ever since, I have been hooked to the punk metal sound.  I’ve never seen them live until today and I only wish they’d had some headlining shows, so I could catch all the antics and craziness of a show filled with their fans.  The songs from Twisted by Design are just pure joy and desperation and all the things you kind of feel as a young, misunderstood outcast trying to do the right things without losing yourself in the mundane, everyday world.  Whenever I listen to it, I feel a little bit younger, a little more naive and little happier.