Counting bands like The Menzingers, Dead To Me, The Lawrence Arms, etc. as their sonic contemporaries, Elway brings something uniquely their own to the recipe: a slight Rocky Mountain twang and heartsick lyrics that involve camaraderie, debauchery, triumph and existential antitheism. Just imagine if Sylvia Plath and Richard Dawkins got trashed one night on Schlitz and started a punk band. That’s Elway for ya, and their new full length, Leavetaking, will be the next great punk album on Red Scare.