Today's song isn't a new release, the video you'll see below is a couple of years old, but it was on a recent compilation album and it is bloody good so it's getting posted.
Dartgun were formed in 2004 in Portland, Oregon, by Chuck Thrust (lead vocals/rhythm guitar/bari sax) and had their sound augmented 3 years later by the introduction of backing vocalists The Vignettes. They style themselves a "psychedelic punk rock doo-wop group" though I have to confess I only came across them recently and have only thus far heard a handful of tracks. I have discovered that they look to be lots of fun with the track I'm featuring today managing to make me think simultaneously of both The B-52's and The Dead Kennedys.
Aside from vocalist Chuck, the band also features Chad Dit It (bass), Bob Fountain (keyboard), Andrew Scanlan (lead guitar), Nathan Thorsen plus The Vignettes; Kat Aklysm & Christine (fellow Vignette Dana Thompson who features on this song sadly passed away last year).
Volume Bomb The Cops is a new charity compilation album featuring some very cool bands such as Millions Of Dead Cops, Dead Kennedys, D.O.A. etc that... "was born from our individual experiences and our frustration with the status quo around police power and use of deadly force, specifically pertaining to people of color; as well as the utter lack of oversight or repercussions for officers who murder people in the street. Now, with riots in our cities, and protesters of all stripes being beaten down, shot, gassed and maced, the timing for this record has never been more relevant." ALL PROCEEDS from the record will be donated to "Don't Shoot PDX", a Portland based community non-profit working to increase civic participation and social change to create racial equity and equality. You can find it here : https://volumebomb.bandcamp.com/album/volume-bomb-the-cops
This was the song that stood out for me, it's "a rock n roll fueled surfed up doo-wop battle cry" and it's called The Church Of Monday Night Football...
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