Boys No Good are a pop-punk/hardcore hybrid band from Florida. You have probably already judged them, and that’s okay, because for the most part you’re totally right and you have heard something similar to these guys before.

There are moments on Never Felt Better where even an experienced pop-punker won’t be able to tell if the band is going to play a legitimate metal song, or a legitimate pop-punk song, and it’s actually intriguing and cool. This trend starts with “Cutting all Ties,” the first track on the album, which is a 30-second opener that leads right into “Bold City Tigers.” This second track is the most fun on the album, as Boys No Good play as hard as you want them to — the little mini-solos during the verses of the song and the slight changeups and mini-breakdowns in the middle of the chorus combined with the front man’s raspy voice make this song a winner.

The sad part is, after track two, you’ll hear song after song of repetition, both instrumentally and lyrically. With completely redundant lyrics — which are most likely already lyrics to some other cookie-cutter pop-punk band’s song, like, “I shouldn’t say that I’ve never felt better/but I’ve never felt worse” — Boys No Good take the cake for playing it safe and trying almost nothing new.

In a genre that needs some serious fresh air, Boys No Good are recycled air. Maybe that’s because some of the members are in other bands within the very same genre. But you might expect a little something more — or maybe you didn’t, and you’re glad that at least Boys No Good didn’t cop out and slap a “token acoustic song somewhere near the end of the album.” At the very least, Boys No Good stick to what they are decent at: playing fast, upbeat music.

(Indianola Records, 3014 Shelton Rd., Valdosta, GA 31606)