Labels: Drunken Sailor – Eager Beaver – just say no to government music – Rad Girlfriend
Review by: MH
Melodic punk rock of a particularly high order here from a band who comprise ex-members of the likes of The Great St. Louis and The Leif Ericsson – veritable veterans of this type of music. Those previous bands give a good indication as to the sounds on offer here and John Dagger of The Great St. Louis is on vocal duties. They deliver three stonking, gritty tunes with gruff vocals harking back to the likes of Broccoli and Leatherface. The last one, “Record”, is an absolute barnstormer with its lyrics and anthemic chorus – this one is as fine a tune as I have heard in yonks of this type of music. I think I might have listened to this song nine times already this morning and it’s only 11:02am. For some, this kind of music may have been overdone lately but this is a band nailing this sound. If they can produce this kind of quality over a full length it is going to be something special.