Ramones, Leave Home, Rocket To Russia.... Forest Hills' finest, The Ramones, released 3 absolutely killer albums in little over 18 months and I've got to be honest with you, on the evidence of their first 2 albums plus their new single, Dark Thoughts are going to do something very similar. Stupidity of the highest order to compare Dark Thoughts with The Ramones? Not in my book. You might not agree but for me their Self Titled debut and the follow up, At Work, were pretty much flawless pop punk classics. Album number 3 is titled Must Be Nice, it's coming soon on Stupid Bag Records and my hopes are sky high.
The band is from Philadelphia and features Jim Shomo (guitar/lead vocals), Amy Opsasnick (bass) and Daniel Cox (drums). As you'd expect from a band that hold The Ramones in such high regard, their songs are usually short, fast and catchy as hell but don't expect them just to be a virtual cover band. Rather than mimic their heroes they take all the components that made The Ramones so great and they've reconstituted them to create their own sound. Boy, what a sound it is.
They've just released a track from their new single, it's a sub 80 second blast of energetic, feel good punk and it bodes well for Must Be Nice. The single will be out on 7" via Peterwalkee Records and you can get the teaser track name your price on Bandcamp : https://dark-thoughts.bandcamp.com/
This is Do You Dream?....
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