At the end of last year I posted a song by punk rock "supergroup" Rivalry and mentioned it was pretty damn special. Well they've just released a debut album titled Sometimes You Have To Look Back and it's one of the albums of the year. It's available via Brassneck Records and I can't recommend it highly enough https://brassneckrecords.bandcamp.com/album/sometimes-you-have-to-look-back
Today however I'm not here with a second track from that album. Instead I want to point you in the direction of another album that's just out on Brassneck.
What Goes Up are a melodic punk band from Tokyo (with a heavy emphasis on melodic). They're formed from the ashes of Leeway (https://leeway.bandcamp.com/) and feature a line up of Indi (Guitar/Vocals), Yasu (Guitar), Matty (Bass/Vocals) and Neko (Drums). On the evidence of the new album it's easy to see why they're making waves in their homeland. The album's titled What Goes Up, it's being pitched as being of interest to fans of bands such as Discount and Lemuria and it's bulging at the seams with catchy tunes. The contrasting vocal styles of the 2 singers (Indi & Matty) work well together. You can find it here : https://brassneckrecords.bandcamp.com/album/laws-of-gravity or here : https://whatgoesup.bandcamp.com/album/laws-of-gravity and here : https://radgirlfriendrecords.bandcamp.com/album/laws-of-gravity
This is the opening track, it's called Professional Forgetters...
where have i been? where did you go?
on the front porch, out the back door, or passed out on the floor?
been here before
still the same place, is that your face?
can’t remember anymore
professional forgetters, the pain of that old sting
i scratch my head until it bleeds
i’m bitterly regretful, that time you spent with me
just flushed out of my memory
pack it up and move along
another town we all wear down
i can tell that something’s wrong
i’m wearing down, we all wear down
where have you been? where did you go?
been here before, i can’t remember anymore
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