Like an overlooked, un-mastered B-side for one of those Yellow Pills power pop compilations, Punks on Mars, AKA Ryan Howe, pays tribute to an era when free-spirited riffing was as much a mainstay as skinny ties and geometric sunglasses. [While] those power pop bands toward the middle of the '80s preferred glossy production, Punks on Mars... thickens their sound, melding voices, drums and pogo-guitar licks into a candy-coated, pop picnic.