Crown Court - Mad In England (Guest Review By Baldy)

 

  A guest review today. Baldy (aka Adam Mishkin) is from Australia and is part of the admin team on the Church Of Oi! Facebook group. He knows his stuff so I asked him to give his thoughts on the latest ep by Crown Court. You can find the ep here : https://crowncourt.bandcamp.com/album/mad-in-england

  This is what he had to say....

C Court review : Mad in England E.P.

By Baldy, Straight out the gate, the first track smacks you in the face and gives a kick to the bollox just in case the smack to the face didn't really wake you up!! With Fight or fall, same with the modern classic Mad in England, absolute rousing belters. No messing about and straight to the point in this E.P. Not that they didn't know how to up the pace in previous releases, just that this release they get straight to the business with no foreplay lol. If you know this band at all, more of the same greatness. Harks back to their same formula as previous, but doesn't get stale at all, not for die hard fans, and not for me. Still a finely tuned mix of some progressive punk, street punk, 80s influenced Oi and rock n roll. Still one of the best British new comers on the Oi scene. A great mix of some fresh, raw, passionate riffs, music, vocals giving a nod to the old guard of the 80's, but also bringing something fresh and vibrant and ready to make a new mark on the scene of Oi!. (As if they haven't already, course they have) I got the Trouble from London demo tape, and fuck was I impressed from the first time I heard the first track up on that too. Though some members have also been busy in other bands, Violent Reaction, The Flex and Arms Race, these fella's have been pretty prolific with releases from Crown Court. And that's a good thing. On the GG's puts on the breaks and slows it down, sorta like a rock n roll dirge after the energetic aggressive Oi tracks. Defo reckon I hear some late 70s style 'bovver rock' influence here,(bit of Jook, bit of Guida maybe?) quality laid back rock n roll, slower but still got some proper grunt none the less. This track wraps it up nicely. All in all another great record from these lads. Fans will not be disappointed, newcomers will be impressed. If you haven't already, have a listen ffs, enjOi!


And in a break from tradition, here's all 3 songs...