Third 7" by these vigilante bunch of hardhitting troubleshooters from Virginia. After releasing The Baseball Furies, The Blowtops, The Blacks,....Big Neck Records found The Halfways in the endless search for fucked up punk and R'n'R bands. The sound which The Halfways belt out is earthshakin' and aimed for killing at first hit. They haven't been stopping their hellish ride into destruction and confusion ever since their debut 7" was released. And what's more their sound has been skilled and turned into a fine set of rollin' wheels, which are mighty greedy to cruise the wylde sides of R'n'Roll life. For these 4 tracks ex-Devil Dog and current runabout engineer/producer Steve Baise was brought in. He took the band into a slipstream of frenzied, boistrous rampage, which does The Halfways more than justice, because that's the overall feel one gets from absorbing their killer punkrock. On "Ain't Much To Do" they get additional lead guitar by CandySnatcher, Matt Odietus. These 5 sleazebags have based their firm sound on solid pieces of Dead Boys, a vicious shot of Pagans and a fine set of late 70's NYC punk and were able to come up with a fine slab of sonic mayhem which should do no harm in between The Candy Snatchers, Electric Frankenstein, The Mud City Manglers, The Baseball Furies, The Weaklings....... - A Fine Mess

Produced by former Devil Dog Steve Baise. This is a lot like The Morning Shakes or the Nerves. Plain rock and roll, fast and loud. - WSUM

Good stuff, one of the singles that passed the taste test this month. Rough rock and roll, twin guitars, a singer that can spit out a lyric with the best of 'em. I hear the early New Bomb Turks in here if you're in need of a comparison, but the Halfways deserve attention (and an LP) on their own merits. Dig. - Maximum Rock'n'Roll

No expense was spared with this baby. The sleeve is made of the thickest cardstock I've seen in quite some time. We'd love some of that shit for the cover of our mag, but we cant afford it. I don't know anything about these guys, but they do play straight ahead snotty punk rock. - Multiball

Produced by ex-Devil Dog Steve Baise with a guest appearance by Matt Odietus from The Candy Snatchers. This 7" pretty much sounds like the band REALLY likes The Candy Snatchers. (Who can blame'em) Not bad, mid-tempo three chord rock. - Carbon 14

Big Neck Records, a rising east coast garage indie label, has unleashed yet another fine slab of rocknroll vinyl. After blasting Baseball Furies, Blacks, Blowtops, and Primate Five singles into circulation, Big Neck has quickly gained a reputation as a purveyor of quality garage rocknroll(a' la ESTRUS RECORDS). And The Half-Ways will only sweeten the pot! The bands new 4 song EP, is a raunchy, furious, gritty rocknroll platter. Sticking to the basics, The Halfways use a two guitar blast and a smashing rythm section to achieve optimum results. Their fast, trashy rocknroll is hardly original, but that hardly matters! The band plays with energy and fury, kicking out the kind of bad-ass punk jams that put The New Bomb Turks, Humpers, and Weaklings on the rocknroll map. The scintillating, catchy, exciting, great title track is certainly the EP's hi-light, but the Halfways never lag. This Steve Baise produced single doesn't cover new ground, but it covers familiar territory with real fervor! There will always be a place in this world for top-flight trashy punk! - New Wave

A rock and roll watermelon dropped off a tall building and SPLATTED!!! - Rocktober

These guys have some friends in hi, or should I say low places. The last release these guys put out had Matt Odietus of The Candy Snatchers producing (he plays lead on one of the tracks here too). Steve Baise is the producer now and I guess he takes these boys up a notch. What you have here is Devil Dogs styled RnR, turned way up! All the tunes are great, I'm waiting for an album which I hope comes out soon, keep up the good work boys! - the Kings of Trash R'n'R

There is less skronk and more punk on this slab. The title track clips along with straight up bar chord punk rock sans pop influences. "What I Want" is slower but does not suck. It even has two part vocals that don't bite. The songwriting and arrangement does not break any ground, but these guys have put in their time listening to all the necessary influences. The Baise production can only help. - Trash Times

Just by the sound of their name, I was only expecting half-assed RnR, but my ass was properly whipped! This seems like a side project of Matt(guitar/Candy Snatchers) Odietus, but his involvement is down to just helpin' out on guitar on one track on this 7". Really stripped down, burning guitars, and better vocals than you'd expect. A great blast of early NBT explosive power that's winning me over before the end of the last side. Track this down and smash this shit alla the way. - Horizontal Action