Redd Kross - Switchblade Sister (CD)

All Music Guide

The title track of the Switchblade Sister EP, one of the bands greatest compositions and a staple of their live set for many years to follow, contained the phrase “swinging like a new phaseshifter". The sounds on the Switchblade Sister EP would bridge the gap from the fuzzy bubblegum of their major label debut Third Eye, and the hyper-confident after school power pop of their next album Phaseshifter; the titled most likely lifted from the aforementioned lyric. Every track on this extended play recording is a gem, a fine example of a band that reached full speed on Neurotica and never stopped running. The Switchblade Sister EP is absolutely essential for any fan of Redd Kross, and if you can get the Canadian version instead of the UK offering, you will find it includes two additional songs: Trance and Byrds Fleas; both Redd Kross classics.

- Terrance Miles, All Music Guide