One good thing about doing this blog is that occasionally bands that you like will send you their new record ahead of release. When this happens I'll play it, enjoy it but keep it to myself till it's released before banging on about it on here. This time around however I was told that whilst the album still isn't quite yet finished ("just a bit more work to do on Bomb Scare") I can use anything I want. A very generous and much appreciated offer from one of the UK's best new bands (as you'll hear for yourselves once the album drops) and one which I'll be taking up with a song here today and then another on Tuesday's show (https://www.facebook.com/events/206323386802770/).
For those that don't know, Problem Child are a working class punk trio from Stoke On Trent who feature ex Wolf Bites Boy drummer Paul Hankey along with excellent vocalist and rhythm guitarist John Banks and bassist Tom Mollatt. They've appeared on here twice before with Your Mother Would Be Proud and Nothing To Prove (both songs feature on the album). A debut album they can be proud of, it's due out next month and there's a free gig to launch it on 23rd November at Roebuck, Leek. Titanic Brewery. You can check details and get more info on the band here : https://www.facebook.com/thisisproblemchild/
The album is full of mid paced anthems, the songs paint a picture of what it's like to live in a working class area of the UK (thematically akin to Boilermaker's excellent Shop Floor album from a few months ago). It's a street punk/oi album that isn't constricted by those tags and will appeal to a wider audience than just fans of those genres. They even include their version of The Headboys' 1979 hit The Shape Of Things To Come.
This song is about the old football special trains of the 70's and the fans that travelled the country on them. Beer and mayhem usually ensued "...and we're all fucking mental" This is Platform 1...
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