Descendents’ Milo Goes To College Is A Punknews Staff Pick

ORG‘s new reissue of Descendents‘ Milo Goes to College [Reissue] (2025) is a Staff Pick over at Punknews.org. “After decades of mishandling,” the site writes, “one of the most seminal and groundbreaking punk records is back in print. Thanks to SST’s bizarre choices, Descendents’ Milo Goes to College used to be impossible to find and when you did, it was a sub par bootleg sourced from an old CD. Now back in the control of the Descendents themselves, as licensed to Org (who also now oversee Bad Brains), Milo is pulled up from the gutter, cleaned off, and really allowed to shine.”

Punknews continues, “At a time when hardcore and punk was getting more and more savage (and awesomely so, mind you), Descendents made the bold choice to go melodic. That’s not to say there is no savagery in Milo… but, unlike the increasingly violent and raw punk of the day, Milo was also heartfelt and melodic.” Read more here; the album is at radio currently.