Forming in 2002 and hailing from Innsbruck, The Mugwumps are Chris (guitar/vocals), Hank (bass) and Andy (drums). I posted a bit of info about them back in 2015 when I featured a song from their excellent Mutation In The Family album (https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2015/01/the-mugwumps-hold-onto-your-heart.html). Now they're back with a new long player.
Out on Monster Zero Records, the new album (their 4th) is titled Clown War Four, it's available on vinyl (https://monsterzerorecords.com/products/the-mugwumps-clown-war-four-lp), cd (https://monsterzerorecords.com/products/the-mugwumps-clown-war-four-cd) and digitally (https://monsterzerorecords.bandcamp.com/album/clown-war-four).
You probably know what to expect from the band by now.... quality Ramones influenced pop punk and that's exactly what you get. There's a bunch of love songs but also a few (like the title track) that are more politically influenced The album is a blast so check it out. You can find more info on them here : https://www.facebook.com/themugwumps/
This is one of the slower songs, a plea for those of us that are facing difficulties in our lives to keep on going. It's called Don't Give Up...
What? This isn't the Mugwumps!
ReplyDeleteit's the mugwumps from austria mike not the mugwumps from 60's new york
ReplyDeleteThis album is is better and shorter (23min) than their previous two, which means faster songs :D.
ReplyDeleteI don't know why they kicked Hank Spinazo from the production/mixing job, he did an esplendid hob on their classic first album "banana brain" (their best album by far and one of the best european pop punks album ever). Their following albums sound worse than their first album, it's weird.
I agree, this record (not only this one, in my opinion) is history, terrific band, great guys. The Mugwumps rule !! And yeah, so many great band from the continent finally!! :)
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