Just Some Punk Songs Fantasy Premier League

 

The football season isn't far away now and as usual I'll be running a Just Some Punk Songs league in the Fantasy Premier League. Feel free to join. https://fantasy.premierleague.com/ The code to enter the league is 4hrsa0

Let's see if anyone can beat Vinny Vincent this year (He's won the last 3 titles)

Daffodildos - No Pride

  

  I'm sure you've heard the saying "A dog is for life not just for Christmas." Well similar sentiments are echoed on today's song. 

  The charmingly named Daffodildos (https://www.facebook.com/daffodildosuk) are a queer punk trio from Brighton who recently released a debut single. The band feature Emily Flea on vocals. She's featured here twice before with both The Fleas and as a solo artist : 

https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2018/12/the-fleas-phone-call.html

https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2021/04/emily-flea-park-bench-creep.html

  Now with Daffodildos she's ably aided and abetted by Captain Jax & Anni Von Flange. The single is a critique of the annual Pride day and in particular how it seems (as is the way with most things) to have become a victim of commercialisation. Starting out as a call for justice, Pride has grown into a corporate sponsored party. Daffodildos deliver a message that we shouldn't forget why we have Pride in the first place and it certainly shouldn't just be a one day a year excuse to party.

  You can get the single here. It's a very impressive introduction...       https://daffodildos.bandcamp.com/track/no-pride

  This is No Pride...

No pride in capitalism, big corporations, shops and banks
They say they support our community, but they haven't got our backs
No pride in police brutality, rainbows on their cars
For decades we've been victims of their abuse, who the hell do they think they are


We're here, we're queer
We're never gonna disappear
We've been fighting for our rights our entire lives
Not just once a year


No pride in London zoo, what have those poor animals done to you?
No pride in deportation, there's no need for separation
No pride in transphobia, no pride in TERFs
How can they end up leading the march, tell me could this get any worse?


We're here, we're queer
We're never gonna disappear
We've been fighting for our rights our entire lives
Not just once a year
We're here, we're queer
We're never gonna disappear
You think this is an annual event
But your stuck with us all year


Call yourself an ally because you wear rainbows once a year
But for the rest of the time you remain silent and our community live in fear
The first pride was a protest, but now it's just an excuse
For everyone to get drunk and party all night
While the queers still suffer from regular abuse


We're here, we're queer
We're never gonna disappear
We've been fighting for our rights our entire lives
Not just once a year x4
We're here, we're queer
We're never gonna disappear
You think this is an annual event
But your stuck with us all year

Onlooker - Sit Tight

  

  Onlooker (https://www.facebook.com/onlookertheband) are a Teeside based quartet who released a debut album a couple of years ago titled Total Rest (https://serialbowlrecords.bandcamp.com/album/total-rest). 

  I featured a song from it here :  

  https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2021/06/onlooker-easy-breezy.html

  Last month they returned with a 1st single from an upcoming 2nd album which is as yet untitled but which will be out later this year via Serial Bowl Records   https://serialbowlrecords.bandcamp.com/track/wishing-wellaye

  And now they've upped the ante with what might be my favourite song by them thus far. It's available as a name your price download and it's called Sit Tight... 

Swaraj Chronos - Broken Doll

    

  Swaraj Chronos (https://www.facebook.com/SwarajChronos) are a South London band who are influenced heavily by punk but aren't afraid to experiment with their sound. They've been around since 2019 and feature a line up of Suresh (Bass/Samples/BV), Vanessa (Lead Vocals), Ant (Drums) & Raffaele (Guitar/Samples Editing/BV). 

   They recently released an ep titled Gibberish Madness and I've been giving it a listen. You can do the same over on Bandcamp : https://swarajchronos.bandcamp.com/album/gibberish-madness

  This track demonstrates how you don't have to bang, shout and stamp your feet to get across your message. It's a more considered punk tune than many that feature on here but no less powerful for that. It's called Broken Doll... 

CLASS - First To Finish Last

  

  CLASS are from Tucson, Arizona and they've been impressing for a while now with Clash meets powerpop style of punk rock (or as their Bandcamp page just as correctly has it, The Boys meets Exploding Hearts). If you've not come across them so far then I'd recommend the 2-4-1 album released by Drunken Sailor Records that collected together the tracks from the two cassettes they released on Feel It Records : https://drunkensailorrecords.bandcamp.com/album/2-4-1-lp

  They've just released a new single. It's on Total Punk Records, one of the first two singles released as part of that labels The Order Of The Dirty Plates series (the other single being by Itchy And The Nits). The band's line up on the single is Joe Jennings (Bass), Ryan Chavira (Drums), Richard (Guitars/Vocals) & Randall (Guitars/Vocals). 

  It's limited to 300 copies on 7" vinyl (which I'm sure will sell very quickly) and you can get it, along with the digital version, here : https://nowthatsclass.bandcamp.com/album/total-punk-order-of-the-dirty-plates-singles-club-2024

  This track is called First To Finish Last... 

Gen Gap - My House

  

  Here's one of the "hits" with the chatroom on last night's Just Some Punk Songs show...

  Gen Gap are a hardcore punk quintet from Philadelphia who've just released a debut ep titled Hanging Out With Gen Gap. It's 9 tracks of fast & furious tuneage that, as is my preference, not only has power and pace but also has enough melody to latch onto your brain. The songs are of the blink and you'll miss 'em variety, prepare to be blown away. 

  It's available on 7" vinyl (300 copies) from MF Records (the label of Jim Shomo from Dark Thoughts)  https://mfrecords.bigcartel.com/product/gen-gap-hanging-out-with-gen-gap-ep

  You can also get it as a name your price download :  https://mfrecordsrulesok.bandcamp.com/album/hanging-out-with-gen-gap

  This track's called My House...

Unicorn Dogs - They Hate Change

  

  Unicorn Dogs (https://www.facebook.com/unicorn.dogs.music) are a fairly new band from Baltimore, Maryland who've just released a debut album titled Age Typical Junk Behaviour. It's 14 songs in 23 minutes, these guys don't fuck about. Their Bandcamp page throws out the names of some of their influences; Dillinger Four, The Copyrights, Dear Landlord, Hospital Job, Houseboat, Charlie Brown Gets a Valentine, The Riverdales and The Steinways all get a mention, as does Mutant Pop Records. It's pop punk sensibilities with balls. Gritty and melodic, a great combination.

  The album's available on cd and digital download :                  https://unicorndogs.bandcamp.com/album/age-typical-junk-behavior 

  Lyrically they opine on mind numbing office jobs, being thin skinned and social withdrawal. They also sing about being unwilling to adapt, this song's called They Hate Change...

They hate change, A fixed point of view They hate change, Stick to what they knew They hate change, No forward only back They hate change, No peace just attack Not interested in learning a new way They're only interested in trying to stay... unchanged They hate change and they’re in the way Only dead things don't change, you are a dead thing You hate change, get the fuck out of the goddamn way

IRKED - Crippling Empath

  

  Well this week's Just Some Punk Songs show is shaping up very nicely, 20+ new releases and some outstanding tracks chosen. Including the one I'm posting on here today. It's on tomorrow (Sunday) at the earlier than usual time of 6pm (as I'll be in the pub at 8 watching the football!). 

  Some of you may remember back in December when I posted the end of year chart (https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2023/12/just-some-punk-songs-top-100-songs-of_27.html), a song called Backstreets featured. It was an impressive debut by a band from Newcastle Upon Tyne called Irked (https://www.facebook.com/irkedband). 

  That song is now featured on a one sided 12" ep that's available via Wrong Speed Records. It's already pretty much sold out so if you want one click the link now https://irked1.bandcamp.com/album/ep 

  5 tracks, each a winner. Including this one which is called Crippling Empath... 

Hellscape - Dybbuk (Guest Review By Ralph J Rivera)

  

  Well the hinting in yesterday's update worked. Over to you Ralph...

So 2024 has definitely turned into the year of "Female Fronted" bands. It could be Modern Punk/Hardcore or even New Wave, Garage Rock or Noise Rock. Women are making their mark these days stronger than ever. Pretty much ALL my favorite releases this year have a female presence. SO this amazing Demo/EP dropped on my birthday & I can't stop listening to it.

https://advancedperspective.bandcamp.com/album/hellscape

"Hellscape" from London have managed to absorb everything great about 80's Death-Rock & Los Angeles style Hardcore. After listening to this 3 times in a row I had to order the vinyl! This is going to be a future classic! Their singer "Ciara" has studied all the greats and can hold her own as one of the best new Punk vocalists. Their guitar player "Ben" has also done his homework as his riffs instantly made me want to pick up my guitar! The rythmn section is on par with vintage 45 Grave! 6 songs that you'll want to listen to over & over. Dig this song - "Dybbuk" and see if you can recognize where that intro came from!

Dark Harvest Commandos - Clown Island

      

  My friend and occasional Just Some Punk Songs contributor Ralph J Rivera has been notable by his absence from this blog recently (hint hint Ralph) but that hasn't stopped him recommending great music in Facebook. 

  On one such recommendation he espoused "Relentless Anarcho-Punk Thrash from Glasgow, Scotland. Obviously "Disaffect" was a huge influence on this band. Excellent female vocals & very time appropriate lyrics. This band would have been huge in the early 90's Crust scene. 6 songs that blow by you in a flash so listen repeatedly! Killer Punk Rock 2024!"

  He was talking about Dark Harvest Commandos (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61559276021875). As he mentioned, they're a DIY hardcore outfit from Glasgow and they've recently released a Self Titled ep on Sanctus Propaganda. It's half a dozen short, sharp bursts of social and political commentary. It's bloody good too so check it out :  https://sanctuspropaganda.bandcamp.com/album/s-t-ep

  This one's calling for the Tory scum to go so no doubt they were celebrating round at Dark Harvest Commandos towers last week (although the collapse of the SNP vote probably won't have been received with the same zeal) . It's called Clown Island...

Inspired to stand up So, I sat down to write, Pissed off with Society, I’m fucked off with this shite! Vote for Independence? The dead folk had their say Stuck on Clown Island with Brexit, It’s the poorest folk who pay Libraries and Swimming pools, Closing anything that feeds the mind Stop voting in the Tories, Refuse to accept this shit! No funding for communities, No staff to run the show. Striking Doctors and Nurses, It’s the Tory scum who have to go! Look at our brothers across the channel, They’re rioting in France! The streets still have legitimacy, Let’s give ourselves a fighting chance! I remember Stop the City, I remember Kill the Bill, The State only understands violence, Stand up, Get the Tories out! Billions for their best mates, 12 years austerity for us, History will show they raped the UK, Stand up, Get the Tories out! Vote for Independence? The dead folk had their say Stuck on Clown Island with Brexit, It’s the poorest folk who pay

Zatopeks - Jarama Valley

  

  No need to write much about today's song as I featured London band Zatopeks (https://www.facebook.com/zatopeksband) last month (https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2024/06/zatopeks-fine-sunny-day.html).

  I just wanted to let you know that the new album, Loitering And Sauntering, is out now and I'd say it's probably my favourite release of the year so far so go snap it up, you won't regret it :   https://zatopeks.bandcamp.com/album/loitering-and-sauntering 

  I played this song on last night's Just Some Punk Songs show and the chatroom loved it so I'll highlight it again here. It's a rejigged version of Woody Guthrie's Red River Valley, leaning more lyrically to the version from 1938 by Alex McDade, of the British Battalion, XV International Brigade which was published in The Book of the XV International Brigade by the Commissariat of War, Madrid. It's called Jarama Valley... 

There’s a valley in Spain called Jarama It’s a place we all know so well It was there that we fought against the fascists We saw that peaceful valley turn to hell We signed up with the Lincoln Battalion We’re proud of the fight that we made And we know that you people of the valley Will remember our Lincoln Brigade From this valley they say we are going But don’t hasten to bid us adieu Even though we lost the battle at Jarama We’ll set this valley free before we’re through You will never find peace with these fascists You’ll never find friends such as we So remember our Lincoln Battalion The people that’ll set this valley free Now all of this world is like Jarama So green, and so bright, and so fair No fascists will live in our valleys Or breathe in our new freedom’s air

Troubles - Cry Days

  

  Here's a catchy little tune for you by a trio from Helsinki called Troubles. I don't know anything about them other than they released a Demo last September and that they've just followed it up with Demo #2. Their music is low fi garage/pop punk and the song you'll find below stuck in my head for some reason. 

  You can get both Demos as name your price downloads here : https://troublespunk.bandcamp.com/

  This is about those times we all go through when staying in bed seems the best option, it's called Cry Days...

There's something rotten inside of me
It gasps my breath I cannot sleep
I break the mirrors reminding
who I used to be, unwhining
Now I'm sick and tired of it all
I stay in my bed I stay alone

Cry days
I'm your biggest fan
Devil stains my mind and my palms
He knows I got some idle hands

Something is bleeding to my knees
It ruins my mood it ruins my sheets
Days numb and completely sore
Don't wanna go out anymore
I'm sick and I'm tired of it all
I stay in my bed, I stay alone

Rat Cage - Thatcher's Back

  

  Today sees a 3rd Just Some Punk Songs appearance for Sheffield hardcore noise merchants Rat Cage (https://www.facebook.com/ratcagehc). Firstly, in 2020, I called them short, fast and noisy as fuck  https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2020/12/rat-cage-hypocrite-city.html and then last year I featured a song that finished the year high up in the JSPS 2023 chart  https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2023/05/rat-cage-change-from-fiver.html

  Now they return with a highlight from a split ep with Swedish rippers Gefyr. The ep features 3 tracks each with neither band taking any prisoners. It's available on vinyl. EU press, Black/Green cover, Flyktsoda Records, Flyktr036#70: flyktsodazine.bandcamp.com and US press, Black/Baby Blue cover, Bunker Punks, BPDT-013: bunkerpunks.bandcamp.com 

  UK copies coming soon : https://ratcage.bandcamp.com/album/split-7-w-gefyr

  

  This Rat Cage song deserves multiple listens, it bursts out of the starting gate and then if anything gets even faster and more furious as it races towards it's climax. Now if only I could make out all the words (oh well, an excuse to play it over and over...) It's called Thatcher's Back... 

SkullNBone - Down In The Park

  

  Did you know that Gary Numan's first foray into the music business was with a 1977 punk band who played 3 gigs with him (under his real name Gary Webb) as singer. They were first called Riot, then Heroin and then Stiletto but then they kicked him out and rebranded as Mean Street. Numan joined a band called The Lasers but soon left to form Tubeway Army. They started off as a punk band but after finding a minimoog left behind in the studio started moving towards synth driven new wave. 

  What if he'd carried on playing punk music? Maybe we'd have got something like today's song. 

  SkullNBone are Chany (vocals), Pat (bass), Dan86 (guitar) & Sam (drums). They're from Montreal and you can find their music here : https://skullnbone.bandcamp.com/

  Their latest release is a mini album titled A Requiem For The 21st which is pleasantly rowdy and which contains a cover of a single originally released as a single in 1979 by Tubeway Army and which appeared on their album Replicas. 

  It's called Down In The Park... 

Class Tourists - Your Grandad Fought The Nazis...

   

  Class Tourists (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100088587382490) are from Wakefield and they've just released a double single titled R.Y.A. / Genocide which you can find here :  https://classtourists.bandcamp.com/album/r-y-a-genocide

  It's also available on cassette via Noise Merchant Records (only 7 copies are left as I type this so get in now if you want one) https://noisemerchantrecords.bandcamp.com/album/r-y-a-genocide

  As well as the 2 tracks on the single, the cassette version has a couple of extra ones, Cruel Bombs and the one I'm featuring on here today which was originally released in March and of which the band say this...

"It's about these white nationalists we have over here. I guess in America, they're called rednecks or Trump supporters. Over here, they're called 'gammon' or 'flagshaggers' or 'tories'. These people are so proud of this country's history of conquest and colonialism, and take being on the winning side of two world wars very seriously. However, they believe in keeping Britain white and British, and they feel threatened by change. They use marginalised groups like immigrants and trans people as a punching bag, to take out their frustrations at how fucked the country is. I don't know about you, but I think that sounds like they're sharing the same views of those Nazis that they're grandparents fought in the 40's. People like that perpetuate hate, and i hate that they exist. The thing that inspired me to write the song was when I saw a clip of a Patriotic Alternative demo in my hometown of Castleford. They're a neo-nazi group, similar to EDL or Britain First. I just think they're sad bellends, so I wrote a song about how sad they are."

  Hard hitting political punk doesn't come much better, this is Your Grandad Fought The Nazis...

Your grandad fought the nazis
And now you've turned into one
If he could fucking see you now
He’d sure hate his grandson
You take the kids to Armed Forces Day, to see instruments of war
“Your great grandad got killed with that, and he was never told what for”

You poison your kids with traditionalism and hate
They look up to a wife beating flagshagging reprobate
They’re gammon on training wheels, they’re flourishing in school
Before you fucking know it, they’ll be turning into you

Into you
Into you
The last we need is another you

You only fuck to reproduce, you think the pigs are sound
You think people from Pakistan are ruining this town
The monarchy and state have really made you their bitch
They forgot about the north before they shut down all the pits

Your grandad fought the nazis
Now you’ve turned into one
If you had been around back then
He’d shoot his own grandson

You’d think we've learned our lesson
but we’ve got no fucking clue
Thanks to people, people just like you

Just like you
Just like you
The last we need is another you

If hates a weapon then you’re firing it the wrong way

There’s no use
There’s no use
You’ll never learn
There’s no use
I hate you
I hate you
The last we need is another you
Another you

Dark Thoughts - Bubble's Gonna Burst

 

   First up, apologies. I've been a bit slack posting updates on here the last week or two. No real reason, just apathy and football. But I've a good one for you today. 

  Hopefully you remember me posting several songs by Philadelphia trio Dark Thoughts a few years back and pretty much creaming my jeans with my enthusiasm for each of them. I'll post links to all 4 songs that I featured as they're that good : 

 https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2016/07/dark-thoughts-no-more-soul.html

 https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2018/07/dark-thoughts-hate-this-song.html

 https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2019/08/dark-thoughts-do-you-dream.html

 https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2019/12/dark-thoughts-please-dont-leave.html

  The band released 3 killer albums and a single between 2016-2019 and you can find them here :  https://dark-thoughts.bandcamp.com/

  The last 5 years have been quiet, though the band are still touring and I've heard occasional rumours of new material but it's been a long wait. And then today I stumbled upon a new song. A teaser for a new album? Let's hope so. 

  It's one of a fine collection of tracks on an international benefit compilation album titled No Occupation: Another Benefit for Mutual Aid in Gaza. It's a follow up to a compilation that I posted a song from back in February :                                                https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2024/02/the-dissidents-brother-did-you-weep.html

  It's available on cassette and digital download, a few of the other bands featured include Alien Nosejob, Soup Activists, A Culture Of Killing & Interrobang! and "all proceeds minus bandcamp/paypal fees benefit Gaza Soup Kitchen, which is dedicated to getting food to people who are starving due to the actions of the Israeli government, a violation of international law and basic human decency, materially supported by many of our governments."

  You can find it here : 

 https://thedissidents.bandcamp.com/album/no-occupation-another-benefit-for-mutual-aid-in-gaza

   From Dark Thoughts, this is Bubble's Gonna Burst... 

Black Bacon - So Much More

  

  Black Bacon are a new hardcore punk band from Portland, Oregon who feature Poison Idea frontman Jerry A on vocals. Also in the band is Poison Idea guitarist Andrew Stromstad along with Merle and Ignasi from Disaster Jacks and Angel Fresnillo from Ira Et Decessus. 

  They've just announced they'll be releasing a debut 10 track album on ARTZA Records which will channel the rawest side of Poison Idea. It'll be titled Every Action Has Reaction and it's penciled in for next month. They've just dropped a single from it which you can find (name your price) here :  https://blackbacon.bandcamp.com/track/so-much-more

  It's a very enticing calling card, it's called So Much More...

J Prozac - Obsession

  

  You can always rely on J Prozac (https://www.facebook.com/jprozac) to conjure up a good tune, whether it's with his band The Prozacs, his side projects (such as Stiletto Bomb, Doubtfire etc) or his solo work. Where many songwriters write about the world around them and give their thoughts on the hot topics of the day, Jay seems to find more than fertile ground looking inwards and discussing his feelings. I'm guessing he finds the whole process pretty cathartic (and no doubt at times painful). 

  He's just opened up again with a new 12 track album titled Obsession. Sometimes you don't have a solution to life's problems, especially when the problem could be yourself. Thoughts whirl around, I guess jotting some of them down and making an album is as good a way as any of coping. 

  The line up on this release is J Prozac (Lead & Backing Vocals/Rhythm & Lead Guitars), Rob Pajer (Drums), Vic Rosario (Lead & Rhythm Guitars) & Greg Russian (Bass). The album's out now on cd, vinyl and digital via Rum Bar Records :  https://rumbarrecords.bandcamp.com/album/obsession

  This is the title track, it features backing vocals from his wife Andy Nihilate who was vocalist for Stiletto Bomb, and it's called Obsession... 

Zatopeks - Fine Sunny Day

 

  London punk veterans Zatopeks (https://www.facebook.com/zatopeksband) formed in 2001 and haven't exactly been the most prolific of bands in recent times (it looks as though it's been a decade since they last released anything) but happily they're gearing up to unleash their 4th album Loitering and Sauntering which will be on on Stardumb Records.

  To get us all excited, they've dropped a single and it more than does the job. The line up is Will DeNiro (vocals), Sebby Zatopek (guitar), Spider (lead guitar), Sammie the Giant (bass/backing vocals),  Pete Sematary (drums/percussion) & Jo Mangled (backing vocals). The music is catchy, crunchy pop punk that'll have you singing along. You can find it here :                                 https://zatopeks.bandcamp.com/track/fine-sunny-day-2

  It's inspired by Sophie Scholl, a German student and anti-Nazi political activist, active within the White Rose non-violent resistance group in Nazi Germany. She was convicted of high treason after having been found distributing anti-war leaflets at the University of Munich with her brother, Hans. Read more about her here : https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-57008360

  It's called Fine Sunny Day...

Such a fine sunny day and I’ve got to go
If I had it my way I’d have years left, but no
It’s a fine sunny day and I’ve got to go

They’ve got the judges, they’ve got the police
I bear no grudges, I’ve got true belief

I’ve got to go away for ever and ever
Don’t cry for yesterday

A kick to the head and a shock to the hand
Is what they call justice in my screwed-up land
It’s a fine sunny day and I’ve got to go

I’ve got to go away for ever and ever
Don’t cling to yesterday

They’ve got the darkness and they’ve got the cold
They’ve got no wisdom and they’ve got no soul
It’s a fine sunny day and I’ve got to go

CASTILLO - My World

    

  CASTILLO are a band from Los Angeles who impressed last year with their Pleasure And Pain 12" (https://mendekudiskak.bandcamp.com/album/051-castillo-pleasure-and-pain-12). I've Learnt Today was probably my pick of the tracks and it made it into the Just Some Punk Songs end of year chart. Obviously this meant I'd be only too keen to hear more...

  And more is now what we've been treated to in the form of a 7" single titled Signs Of A Different Time. It's exactly what I'd been hoping for. Rough vocalled 80's style oi that's very tuneful. It's available now via Mendeku Diskak :                                                            https://mendekudiskak.bandcamp.com/album/072-castillo-signs-of-a-different-time-7

  The title track is great but so is the flip side. It's the band wearing their influences on their sleeves as they cover the opening song of a 1989 album titled In Search Of... which was by Cheltenham band The Crack. It's called My World...

Soft Play - Everything and Nothing

  

  You probably already know that Soft Play (https://www.facebook.com/softplayband) are Tunbridge Wells duo Isaac Holman (lead vocals/drums) & Laurie Vincent (backing vocals/guitar/bass) who were previously known as Slaves.

  They released a debut single last year called Punk's Dead (it made number 4 in the Just Some Punk Songs annual chart (https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2023/12/just-some-punk-songs-top-100-songs-of_27.html).

  Earlier this year they followed it up a couple more noise laden tunes (Mirror Muscles & Act Violently).

  Today, they return with something a little more heart wrenching. It's a lot gentler musically than what's come thus far but it hits even harder lyrically. A tale of what it's like living with loss from someone who sadly knows only too well.  

  The debut album will be called Heavy Jelly and it'll be out on July 19th  https://softplay.lnk.to/HeavyJellyID

  No doubt it'll be one of the year's best.

  This is Everything and Nothing... 

Sex Mex - Pretty Boy

  

  You can always rely on Sex Mex to come up with a catchy tune. Case in point being this beauty which I featured last year https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2023/04/sex-mex-well-be-gone.html

  That track recently turned up on the Repackaged album which gathered together a bunch of the San Antonio bands songs and which I hope you all checked out. 

  If you missed it it's on Bandcamp alongside the brand new song that I'm featuring today :  https://sexmexsux.bandcamp.com/music

  Budget priced synth, infectious chorus, this is Pretty Boy... 

AMASS - Eton Mess

  

  I'd not heard of AMASS (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100095553191204) before but when I noticed they'd just released a new album on Grow Your Own Records I knew I'd like them... and I do.

  The release is titled Gamekeepers Gallows and it's an impressive debut by an anarcho punk outfit who's line up features current & ex members of Alternative // The System // War All The Time // Embittered & loads of other bands. 

  As is the case with Grow Your Own, it's beautifully packaged with a Crass style poster cover. 

  It's available on vinyl, cd and digital download :  https://growyourownrecords.bandcamp.com/album/gamekeepers-gallows

  The band released an impressive video last year for the title track (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPJXiq-EDeQ) and yesterday saw them unveil a new one for the track Miner Conflict / Major Contradictions (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQQem20n6Qs) but I'd already made up my mind to highlight their song about a bunch of corrupt posh boys. This is Eton Mess...

Cutters - Landlord Nation

  

  Cutters (https://www.facebook.com/cutters138) are the Melbourne hardcore punk band who formed in 2019 and who first featured on here the following year  (https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2020/07/cutters-chewed-up-fortune.html). 

 Since then they've been turning out great release after great release (here's a couple of them :  https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2021/06/cutters-australian-war-crimes.html /  https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2021/09/cutters-midnight-bus.html).  

  And now they're back with one of the highlights from their excellent debut album Psychic Injury. The band line up is SAVAGE GARBAGE - Vocals, GAZ - Guitar (STIFF RICHARDS), BAD BOY BRENNY - Bass (POLUTE / PUBLIC HOUSE) & DIRTY BIRD DONOHUE - Drums. The music is unrelenting. Pounding and pummeling but always accessible to those of us who like our noise to be tuneful. 

  It's available on several different colours of vinyl (very ltd so don't hang around) and digital download : https://cuttersmelbourne.bandcamp.com/album/psychic-injury

 This track is about greedy hoarders, it's called Landlord Nation... 

Hoard the land, hoard the houses, collect the rent, collect the wages,

passive income, collect the wages, people will pay for a place to live.

You got title, hoard the houses, you got capital, hoard the houses,
against the fourth, buy the fifth, people will pay for a place to live.

People will pay for a place to live.

If you can't inherit someone else's wealth, you're gonna be left living life on the shelf.

Landlord nation, there's something wrong,
they've been doing land hoards for far too long.

Snooper - I Think I’m Falling In Luv Again

  

  Snooper are a very cool punk band from Nashville, Tennessee who've been on the show several times but for some reason don't seem to have been on the blog. Today I'm righting that wrong. 

  Not sure what to correctly call them, egg punk? Devo-core? Hell, let's just settle for fast, playful and fun. If you've not come across them yet and want a starting off point then I'd recommend last year's album Super Snooper (https://snooper7.bandcamp.com/album/super-sn-per). It's an album with more than enough great tunes to make you fall in love with the band.

  Their latest release will have the same effect. It's a hyper version of an early Devo song (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBwmx-nt1mc). It takes the essence of the song and rips through it in under a minute. You can get it here : 

https://snooper7.bandcamp.com/track/i-think-i-m-falling-in-luv-again-devo

  It's called I Think I'm Falling In Luv Again...

Sooks - Library (Guest Review By Paul Hammond)

  

  I featured Sooks a few days ago (https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2024/05/sooks-medicareless.html) but just in case you didn't believe me, here's a 2nd opinion from Punk AF's Paul Hammond...

It’s not often these days that I get chance to listen to a whole album from any band let alone purchase one.

 

‘Sooks’ (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558047555029) are a 4 piece band from Perth, I’ve had quite a few non Australian listeners enquiring what is a ‘sook’, well it’s a female Crab!

 

There’s so many great female fronted punk bands around at the moment and these are another from the Australian gift that keeps on giving.

 

They’ve just dropped an album called ‘Moral Decay’ containing 14 tracks that pack a right punk rock punch.

 

Great catchy songs, dirty guitars and aggressive vocals delivered right in your face.

 

I’ve heard so many great Aussie girl punk from the likes of Amyl & The Sniffers, Vicious Blonde, Mitch Please, Backhand, & Dicklord just to name a few.

Sooks remind me a little of ‘Dickmove’ from New Zealand who are another great band.

 

The album is available on Bandcamp and very worthy of your attention. 

https://sooksband.bandcamp.com/album/moral-decay

 

Sooks are the featured band on Punk AF Radio next week Friday June 7^th.

This track is called Library...

Be Fair - Roddy Piper

  

  Be Fair (https://www.facebook.com/BeFairSY) the Sheffield/Leeds melodic punk quartet are no strangers to Just Some Punk Songs. I was lucky enough to stumble across their introductory demo 3 years ago https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2021/08/be-fair-cero-deniro.html and the release of a single the following year saw them return : 

https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2022/01/be-fair-veins-and-capillaries.html

  And now they've just put out one of their strongest songs so welcome back guys.

  It's the 3rd part of a trilogy of singles following on from Montreal Screwjob and Hadfield 5 and I think it's easiest just to let the band introduce it in their own words...

  "It’s 2020. The political system in the UK is a complete joke, led by a clown of a prime minister and a ruling party treating us like characters in a collective Sims game controlled by the elite. Be Fair hadn’t been a band for very long, forced in and out of isolation like the rest of the world. We had written our first set of songs, including this one. This song captures how I felt at that time. I was infuriated by the broken promises, hypocrisy, and double standards of our government. While we isolated from loved ones and people died, Parliament partied. People tore down statues, we saw a frightening rise in right-wing politics, and an institutional denial of inconvenient historical truths. I was enraged by what I witnessed day in and day out, but even more so by the fact that it's been this way for as long as I can remember, with no sign of change. Since then, I've sung this song countless times on stage to small audiences, usually at the end of our set when my untrained and unskilled vocals are nearly ripped from my throat. Yet, I still scream the last lines of this song with every last drop as hard as I did the first time, and I will continue to do so as long as I feel the same frustration. By some sort of serendipity, we finally decided to release this song—one we've had for years but never felt ready to share—just as a general election was announced in the UK.

  "Roddy Piper" is the name of a beloved Canadian wrestler turned actor who sadly passed away in 2015. The name was given to this song as a working title by our Wrestling loving guitarist Dickie - it stuck - and now that's what the songs called. We wrote it years ago, it has nothing to do with wrestling... but we love it, and hope you will to."

  You can find it on Spotify... https://open.spotify.com/track/6NDCXFFall1SuQeNpqwNej

  It's a song that starts slowly before building into a glorious crescendo of angst, it's called Roddy Piper... 

LEMON BOY - I'm Fine

    

  I don't know much about LEMON BOY (https://linktr.ee/lemonboyband). They're a trio from Seattle; Yasiman Ahsani (Guitar/Vocals), Nicole Giusti (Bass Guitar/Vocals) & Ethan Geller (Drums/Mastering). They tag their music as sour punk. What's sour punk? On the evidence of their new album, it's an attitude fueled mix of garage punk and riot grrrl. 

  That new album is titled Eat. Skate. Die. You can check it out here :  https://lemonboyband.bandcamp.com/album/eat-skate-die

  It's always good when a band you've just stumbled across choose a strong track to kick an album off with as it immediately grabs your attention. LEMON BOY did that with this song. It's called I'm Fine and it's definitely more than just fine... 

 I’m fine I’m doing just fine

 I’m fine I’m doing just fine

 The smell of cigarettes stuck in your hair

 Cause I’m tired of losing sleep

 In the corners of your sheets

 I’m sick I can’t compete

 With these golden city dreams

 I can’t go

 I can’t go anywhere

 I can’t go

 I’m fine I’m doing just fine

 I’m fine I’m doing alright

 It’s 6am can’t sleep

 Can’t stop grinding through my teeth

 You’re tired you can’t compete

 With these emerald city dreams

 I can’t go

 I can’t go anywhere

 I can’t go

 Maybe I’m addicted to the thoughts inside my head

 Maybe I just need someone to come and turn me on

 And on and on and on yeah yeah

 I’m fine I’m doing just fine

 I’m fine I’m doing just fine

 The smell of cigarettes stuck in your hair

 Cause I’m tired of losing sleep

 In the corners of your sheets

 I’m sick I can’t compete

 With these golden city dreams

 I can’t go

 I can’t go anywhere

 I can’t go We're fine!!