Apéro - I Hate Fascist Billionaires

 

  It's always a good start to the day when you wake up and then discover some great new music before breakfast. 

  Apéro are an anti-fascist egg punk band from both Hamburg (Germany) and Sénas (France). They line up like this; Rock (Synth, Vocals, Percussion), Kris Kandinsky (Bass, Vocals) & Kem Trail (Guitar, Vocals).

  They've just released an album titled Cold Drinks, Cool Snacks and it's a thing of beauty. Aggressive budget priced synths and shouty vocals. Just when it seemed obvious that Nevermind, Whatever by Xray Xeroxx (https://xrayxeroxx.bandcamp.com/album/nevermind-whatever) was going to walk away with the accolade of best egg punk release of the summer, Apéro come out of nowhere as serious rivals. 

  Check it out here : https://aperopunx.bandcamp.com/album/cold-drinks-cool-snacks-2

  

  Lots of great songs to choose from but I'm going with this one. It's called I Hate Fascist Billionaires... 

 I hate fascist billionaires

 I don't know why

 Last night i met one on the street

 I had to to start a fight

 I hate fascist billionaires

 They have too much power

 I got no money

 They own the Eiffel tower

 Go away

 I hate fascist billionaires

 Each and everyone

 Go build your rockets

 And shoot into the sun

 I hate fascist billionaires

 I like cold drinks and cool snacks

 But everything i buy

 Adds more to their bank

 Go away

Pussyliquor - Young Love Fresh Blood

  

  This one's very much hitting the sweet spot today, it's a dose of pure uncensored female rage from Brighton all girl punk band Pussyliquor (https://www.facebook.com/pxssyliqxor). 

  Featuring a line up of Ari Black (vocals), Hannah Villanueva  (guitar), Tallulah Turner-Fray (bass),  Victoria Lewis Piper (drums) & Oshen Dee (guitar), they're an energetic riot grrrl explosion of spit and bile. 

  They've just released a new video and I doubt you'll have seen the wanton destruction of so many sausages anywhere else. I'm guessing the girls are big on metaphors.

  Check it out. This is Young Love Fresh Blood... 

  

Screaming Target - Screaming Target

    

  Screaming Target... Who are they? I'm afraid I've not much info on this band. Supposedly they're a new Melbourne supergroup featuring Troy (vocals), Kirk (drums), Moose (bass), Ben (guitar) & Grace (guitar). 

  They've just released a 6 track Demo and it's mighty fine. Guitar led garage punk, check it out "name your price" here : https://screamingtarget.bandcamp.com/album/screaming-target-demo-2025

  This track is the eponymously titled Screaming Target...

Everywhere you look
Every time your feet touch to the floor
You wanna spread your wings
The grass is always green until it’s yours
You think your life is but a dream
Until you hear the target scream
Is it enough? Is it ever enough?
Is it ever gonna be enough for you?
When they suffer, when they struggle, when they’re buried under rubble, even living is a violent thing to do
When you’re looking in the mirror does it send a little shiver through whatever’s where your spine is meant to be?
You’ll never sleep a wink at night
The SCREAMING TARGET never dies
Have you had enough? Is it ever enough?
Is it ever gonna be enough? Fuck you
You’re never ready for the screaming target
You can’t be ready for the screaming target
You’re never ready when the screaming targets you

The Cars That Ate Paris - Girls On Telephones

  

  The Cars That Ate Paris (https://www.facebook.com/thecarsthatateParisuk) are a fun lot. They're a DIY psychedelic punk ensemble from Leicester featuring a line up of Rob (guitar/vocals), Steve (bass), Mat (keyboards/Kaos pad), Maria (vocals) & Lauren (drums/vocals). Helping expand their sound on their newly released 2nd album are Thor (saxophone), Kev (lead guitar), Craig (saxophone), Sarah (triangle) & Zoe (spoken word intro). 

  The albums titled Barely Concealed Chaos with The Cars that Ate Paris and it's a brimming over with a cornucopia of interesting ideas. There's a myriad of influences, it's an album that should have something for everyone. Check it out : 

https://thecarsthatateparis1.bandcamp.com/album/barely-concealed-chaos-with-the-cars-that-ate-paris

  This song's a particular favourite, it was "inspired by a long and tiresome bus journey having no choice but to hear one side of a phone call."  It brings to mind some of the coolest late 70's/early 80's post punk bands (Delta 5, Liliput, Girls At Our Best etc etc etc) and it's called Girls On Telephones... 

Girls on telephones (yap yap yap yap)
Girls on telephones (yap yap yap)
Girls on telephones (yap yap yap yap)
Girls on telephones (yap yap yap)

Girls on telephones
Girls on telephones
Always on the
on the telephone (yap yap yap yap yap yap yap)

Even on the bus (yap yap yap yap)
Even in the bath (yap yap yap)
Even when they’re cycling
on the cycle path (yap yap yap)

Girls on telephones
Girls on telephones
Always on the
on the telephone (yap yap yap yap yap yap yap)

Even in the pub (yap yap yap yap)
Even on the bog (yap yap yap)
When they're out walking
With their little dog (yap yap yap)

Girls on telephones
Girls on telephones
Always on the
on the telephone (yap yap yap yap yap yap yap)

Even at a gig
Even in the shop
Like a Jack Russel
They never ever stop

Girls on telephones
Girls on telephones
Always on the
on the telephone (yap yap yap yap yap yap yap)

If they’re happy
If they’re sad
If they’re bored
If they’re mad
If something’s happened
Or something’s not
If there’s some detail
they forgot

Girls on telephones girls on telephones
Girls on telephones
Always on the
on the telephone (yap yap yap yap yap yap yap)

Martha - Gretna Green

    

  Durham DIY pop punks Martha (https://www.facebook.com/marthadiy) return today with a song from a new compilation album they've just released.

  They've featured numerous times previously on here so I suppose no introductions are necessary so let me just tell you that the album is titled Standing Where It All Began - Singles and B-Sides: 2012-2025. A self explanatory title describing exactly what you're going to get. 20 tracks, (re)mastered by Dave Williams, roughly half of which are original compositions with the remainder being covers of songs by the likes of Jimmy Eat World, Marked Men, Lemonheads etc. 

  You can find it on vinyl and digital here : 

https://marthadiy.bandcamp.com/album/standing-where-it-all-began-singles-and-b-sides-2012-2025

  This song first featured on the band's 2012 Self Titled ep and the band had this to say about it :

  The Quintinshill Rail Disaster happened in Scotland on 22nd May 1915. It remains the worst rail crash in UK history in terms of death toll, killing 226 people and involving five separate trains. It having occurred just a couple of miles from Gretna Green, a place symbolic of young love and recklessness, lends another layer of bittersweet tragedy to the disaster. This song is about a couple ripped apart by the crash, and deals with the idea of enduring love. In that sense, if no other, it’s a love song.

  It's called Gretna Green...

I said “I don’t believe in marriage,
It’s a Patriarchal scam”.
You said “meet me at the station,
Train departs at 6am”,
I packed my bags and left my politics in bed,
And I waited on the platform,
With your smile stuck in my head.

So we went through the rain to the place where we found our hearts.
They were buried under shit and old debris.
And I swear that I had something,
And I know you felt it too,
But that commute at Quintinshill defeated me.

In spite of everything I’ve done,
I’ll knuckle down, I’ll carry on,
In spite of everything that’s wrong,
I’ll try to write a hopeful song,
No matter where I go,
No matter what I do,
My heart will always be at Gretna Green,
Waiting there for you.

At Gretna, I wait for you.

Roxie & the Razorblades - No More War No More Genocide

  

  So, what went down well on last night's Just Some Punk Songs show? Quite a few of the songs actually and this was certainly one of them.

  Roxie & the Razorblades (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61576340464669) are from London and feature Roxie C. (Vocals/Lead Guitar), Queen ElizaDeath (Vocals/Lead Guitar/Rhythm Guitar), Lil' P (Rhythm Guitar), Ivy (Bass) & Sloppy (Drums).

  They play an infectious brand of old school street punk and they've just released a very impressive album titled Eat The Rich. They say it deals with "addiction, the gutter, rehab, the evil in the world that strangles all that is beautiful, but more importantly, about hope and overcoming. We sing about that and of course, our beloved Canning Town, Hammers football club."

  It's available as a name your price download on Bandcamp so grab a copy and sing along :  https://roxietherazorblades.bandcamp.com/album/eat-the-rich

  In times like these when you can run foul of those in power for calling for the end to the indiscriminate killing of innocent women and children, this is a band that aren't afraid to call for the liberation of Palestine. They sum things up well in this song, it's called No More War No More Genocide...

 Boots hit the pavement stomping hard through the night Gaslights flicker but they can't find what's right Fists in the air and teeth clenched tight Tomorrow ain't promised we fight this fight

 No more war no more genocide Tired of the blood tired of the lies Broken bricks and shattered pride No more war no more genocide

  Rust on the rails and smoke in the rain We’re swapping our chains for smashes of change Streets torn open red like a vein The screams of the lost still standing in pain

 No more war no more genocide Tired of the blood tired of the lies Broken bricks and shattered pride No more war no more genocide 

 The banners are ragged the boots are worn But the fire in us can't be ignored Oi shouts echo in a back-alley morn Politics for people it’s time to be reborn

 No more war no more genocide We've had enough no compromise Locked and loaded the truth won’t hide No more war no more genocide

Big Life - Something I Learned Today

  

  Big Life are a melodic hardcore punk band from Detroit, Michigan who feature a line up of Ryan Allen (guitar/vocals), Sean Gauvreau (bass), Dan Nixon (vocals) & Jordan Vonzynda (drums). 

  They've previously released a couple of eps and they feature on here today with a new track which is a cover of a Hüsker Dü classic. 

  The song originally appeared on Hüsker Dü's 1984 album Zen Arcade and I think it's fair to say that Big Life do it justice. It's available as a name your price download :  https://biglifehc.bandcamp.com/track/something-i-learned-today

  This is Something I Learned Today... 

Something I learned today
Black and white is always gray
Looking through the windowpane
I'm not inside your brain, your brain

Something I learned today
Yield to the right of way
Stopping at a four-way sign
Someone else's rules, not mine, not mine

Something I learned today
Never look straight in the sun's rays
Letting all the sunshine in
Can't remember where I've been, I've been

Something I learned today
Something I learned today
Something I learned today
Something I learned today
Something I learned today
Something I learned today
Something I learned today
Something I learned today

CRUELSTER - Jerks

 

  Today's song is a joy. It's shouty, it's got a catchy as hell chorus and the video left me grinning ear to ear. There's even a Ramones inspired "2nd verse, different from the 1st" bridge. 

  Cruelster (https://www.facebook.com/cruelsteroh) are from Cleveland, Ohio and I previously featured them on here last year when their singles collection Lost Inside My Mind In Another State of Mind got a release by Drunken Sailor Records. The song I posted was their wonderful cover of I Love It (which was originally a hit for Icona Pop featuring Charli XCX).   https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2024/02/cruelster-i-love-it.html

  The line up of the band is Michael Gill (Vocals), Nathan Ward (Guitar/Vocals), Alex Ward (Bass/Vocals), Jo Coone (Drums) & Connor Simpson (Guitar).

  A couple of weeks ago on the show I played the first release (Nuclear Word) from their upcoming album Make Them Wonder Why. It was a great teaser track. The 2nd teaser track is even better. The album's promising to be a classic. There'll be a mammoth 21 songs and it'll be available on July 11th via Convulse Records https://convulserecords.bandcamp.com/album/make-them-wonder-why

  This is Jerks. Play loud and enjoy... 

Nomatrix - Eulogy

  

  Nomatrix (https://www.facebook.com/nomatrixband) are an Irish punk band from Athlone who formed in 1997 and who previously featured on here 7 years ago  https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2018/08/nomatrix-throughput-will-be-down.html

  They can always be relied on to put out impressive punk rock tunes with last year's Reawaken album being a testament to that  https://deadlambrecords.bandcamp.com/album/nomatrix-reawaken

  Further proof is provided by their new 4 song ep. It's titled Slíbhín (which is an Irish word for a sneaky sneak who is sly and untrustworthy) and it's available on cd and digital download from Dead Lamb Records https://deadlambrecords.bandcamp.com/album/nomatrix-sl-bh-n

  All the songs are worthy of treating your ears to but the one I'm highlighting is the ep closer. It's called Eulogy... 

The Scunthorpe Yobs - Sing Through the Pain

  

  The Scunthorpe Yobs are the anthemic oi! band originally from Lincolnshire who followed in the footsteps of Bladder Bladder Bladder (if you're unfamiliar with them then try and track down the compilation album Giving Punk A Bad Name that they released earlier this year. Josh reviewed it on Faster And Louder https://fasterandlouderblog.blogspot.com/2025/02/bladder-bladder-bladder-giving-punk-bad.html).

  The Scunthorpe Yobs themselves last featured on here 18 months ago with a track from their debut album We Are The Yobs https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-scunthorpe-yobs-spirit-of-79.html

  They return today with a song from their new album Kick It 'Til It Breaks which is available via No Front Teeth Records and Wanda Records. You can check the album out on Spotify  https://open.spotify.com/album/1g1QS44NG4xx3qhMAynanq

  The song I'm featuring is the album closer. A typically rowdy singalong, it's called Sing Through The Pain... 

Jersey Calling - X Americana

  

  It's been a bit quiet on here this week. I'd like to say it's because I've been busy putting together the listeners favourite songs from the first half of 2025 show but truth is I just couldn't be arsed to write anything. 

  But I've an update for you today... 

  Jersey Calling (https://www.facebook.com/jerseycalling) are from Woodbury, New Jersey and they utilise "power chords and catchy riffs backed by a driving bass and drumbeat, with harmonizing male and female lead vocalists."  They line up thus; Victoria Maffei-Kates (vocals), Josh Kates (vocals/guitar), Sean Breslin (lead guitar), Randy Ballinger (bass) & John Vouras (drums). 

  They recently released a new single which went down a storm on last week's show so let's get it shared here : https://jerseycalling.bandcamp.com/track/x-americana

  The song questions the huge difference between the haves and the have nots and asks you to have a think about whether to blame those less fortunate than yourself for the state of the nation or if maybe the mega rich/mega greedy should be a more deserving target for your anger and frustrations. 

The average person takes 607,478,400 breaths in their lifetime. One billion is 392,521,600 more than that. Billionaires have more money than you have breaths. Should they?

  This is X Americana... 

Your mendacity's a mockery
Of the people that you stand on
Petrified, our jaws hang wide
Cash in a broken nation
Push citizens from aliens
So we can't clasp our hands
Against your greed and retribution
Serfs at your command
Tonight, do the X Americana
HEY, do the X Americana
HEY, do the X Americana
Click agree and dance in lock step with me
Tradition is your weapon
We're all lined up for the flogging
A patriarchal rewind Where men
never say they're sorry
Our daughters see you on TV
As you put them in their place
Our sons had better toughen up
To replicate your rage
Tonight, do the X Americana
HEY, do the X Americana
HEY, do the X Americana
Click agree and dance in lock step with me
Terminal terms & conditions apply
As storm clouds gather over blue sky
Foster insecurity and label it efficiency
Your skin’s so thin, we see right through your disguise
BILLIONAIRES CAN’T BUY OUR TRUST
BILLIONAIRES ARE NOT LIKE US
(Repeated)
Spoken: Billionaires have enough trust of their own,
Why should they want ours?
We’ve been sold a lie.
I think it’s time we take our refund.
Tonight, do the X Americana
HEY, do the X Americana
HEY, do the X Americana
Click agree and dance in lock step with me
Do the X Americana
HEY, do the X Americana
HEY, do the X Americana
Click agree and dance in lock step
Acquiesce and take your last breath
Live and die by a counterfeit king’s decree

Hekátē - Tears Of Blood

   

   Hekátē (https://www.facebook.com/hekatepunk) are a synthwave punk band from Athens. They formed in 2018 and feature a line up of Iris (synths), Chara (bass), Vicky (drums) & Lydia (vocals). 

  They've just released a new album, their second, titled Μαύρη Tρύπα (Black Hole). It's available on vinyl via Mascara Rocks Records https://mascararocks.bandcamp.com/album/black-hole You can also find the digital download here : https://hekatepunk.bandcamp.com/album/t-black-hole 

  The track I'm highlighting also features on a compilation album titled Olive Seeds: An International Benefit for Mutual Aid in Gaza (https://thedissidents.bandcamp.com/album/olive-seeds-an-international-benefit-for-mutual-aid-in-gaza). It's the latest in a series of fundraisers which like the earlier releases features some great bands. Those previous comps were covered here :   https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2024/02/the-dissidents-brother-did-you-weep.html and here :   https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2024/06/dark-thoughts-bubbles-gonna-burst.html

  This is Tears Of Blood... 

 Sound the alarm, another building down.

 A life under siege, a prison town.

 The air is thick with smoke, nowhere safe.

 The air is thick with smoke, nowhere to run.

 Medics under fire, people underground.

 Airstrikes coming, incessant sound.

 The air is thick with smoke, nowhere is safe.

 The air is thick with smoke, nowhere to run, run, run.

 When bombs like rain fall from the sky then teαrs of blood fall from their eyes.

Death Pill - Haters Gonna Hate

  

  Death Pill (https://www.facebook.com/deathpillband) are a hardcore punk trio (Mariana, Anastasiia and Nataliia) from Kyiv, Ukraine. I first came across them  couple of years ago when they released an explosive Self Titled album. I played a few tracks on the show and then last year I also played their split single Monsters which as recorded in collaboration with Shooting Daggers. 

  Today sees them release ‘A bold exploration of personal empowerment’ in the form of new album Sologamy. It's every bit as powerful as previous releases and it's available on vinyl, cd, cassette and digital download : https://deathpillgrrrlz.bandcamp.com/album/sologamy 

  This track's called Haters Gonna Hate... 

Sympos - Welcome to Ballybricken

  

  Sympos (https://www.facebook.com/sympathychips) are an oi! band from Waterford, Ireland featuring a line up of Tony O Keeffe (Vocals), Aaron Mulhall (Drums), Paul Power (Guitar) & David Cleere (Electric Bass Guitar). They've already released one of the albums of the year in the form of To The Dogs (https://sympos.bandcamp.com/album/to-the-dogs). 

  Commenting that modern day oi doesn't get much better than this, I featured a song from it here :  https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2025/04/sympos-boots-ballads.html

  They've just released a track from an upcoming split with Lost Legion which will soon be available via Mr Face Records & Tough Ain't Enough. It's every bit as good as the album was. It's called Welcome To Ballybricken... 

Haywire - Summer Nights

  

  Last year I posted a song by Boston hardcore outfit Haywire called Clocktower Place  (https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2024/11/haywire-clocktower-place.html). It ended up being one of my favourite songs of the year and the video received many plays.

  I just noticed they recently released a split ep with a band called No Guard (please listen to Love Song by No Guard and let me know if it's a cover as not only is it great, it's bugging me as I'm sure I've heard it before! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRfhb0iMDY4). 

* edit. I'm thick. of course it's a cover (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KqKdpLyrx8) *

  Anyway, the ep is titled Shirts Vs Skins and it's available on coloured vinyl from Friends Family Forever Records https://friendsfamilyforever.com/products/haywire-no-guard-shirts-vs-skins-split-12?variant=48535545250100

  This is the first of the 3 Haywire songs and it's blessed with one hell of an infectious gang vocal chorus. It's called Summer Nights... 

Ricky Rochelle - The Rose Window (Guest Review By Ralph J Rivera)

    

The Ricky Rochelle Hit Factory keeps chugging along in 2025. His newest single "The Rose Window" is also his most ambitious effort so far.

https://rickyrochelle.bandcamp.com/track/the-rose-window

The song speeds along at a kind of Hard Rock nearly Metal pace. But there are surprises in store! The song will stop & start on a day, shifting into some outstanding vocals from Ricky and dare I say almost "Techno" beats. This song will totally catch you off guard. I had to listen to it a couple times just to grasp everything going on.

This was a collaboration with Billy Pfister who handles the guitars, bass & keyboards while Ricky croons his heart out and smashes some drums. "The Rose Window" is actually my favorite song so far in this ongoing project. We're up to 5 singles already & Summer's right around the corner. Stripe up & get those Chucks moving to this banger of a song!

On the cathedral, there’s a beautiful window
Shaped like a mystical rose
With illustrations telling tender tales
Those stained-glass visions, so intricate up close

And that’s our love, that’s our love
A thousand beautiful heartbeats
That’s the rose window, it’s our love

The daylight through the stained-glass changes
Just like love changes in time
But you and I will stay picturesque
If you keep your hand in mine

And that’s our love, that’s our love
A thousand beautiful heartbeats
That’s the rose window, it’s our love

Through every storm, we’re unbreakable
Devotion’s our greatest blessing
Our bond is mighty but love is fragile
To protect it is love’s true lesson

And that’s our love, that’s our love
A thousand beautiful heartbeats
That’s the rose window

And that’s our love, that’s our love
A thousand beautiful heartbeats
That’s the rose window, it’s our love

And that’s our love, that’s our love
A thousand beautiful heartbeats
That’s the rose window, it’s our love

And that’s our love, that’s our love
A thousand beautiful heartbeats
That’s the rose window, it’s our love

That’s the rose window, it’s our love

The Buzzers - Pick A Fight

    

  The Buzzers are a street punk/oi quartet from Vancouver who first reared their heads with a demo ep back in 2019. 

  They recently released an impressive 6 track ep/mini lp on Longshot Music and TASM Records (https://longshotmusic.bigcartel.com/product/lsm12027)

(https://shop.tasm-records.de/gb/alle-aritkel/1925-2335-the-buzzers-bloody-minded-12-ep.html#/10-vinylcolor-red)

  It's titled Bloody Minded and it sees the band combine gruff vocals and pop sensibilities to great effect. You can find it as a name your price download on Bandcamp  https://thebuzzers.bandcamp.com/album/bloody-minded-ep

  This song came out as a single in January and it's a great way to start the ep. It's called Pick A Fight... 

KUTE - Man On The Street

  

  So, after a night out in the pub I awake at 8.45am. My day is my own. I decide to make a cuppa and have one last look around on the internet to see if I can find anything good enough to squeeze onto the playlist for this evening's Just Some Punk Songs show. I also make the mistake of browsing Twitter to see if anything's been happening whilst I slept. Damn it's depressing on there. Why are so many people horrible shits? 

  But it wasn't a completely down heartening early morning. I was on a different site and stumbled across a band from Glasgow that brightened things up. They're called KUTE (hopefully it's pronounced Cute as that's what I'll be going with when I play them on the show) and they announced themselves with a demo single a couple of years ago https://kutetheband.bandcamp.com/album/demo

  The 2 tracks from it have been redone and are now on the band's debut album along with 8 more songs. The album is titled Intrigue/Fatigue and it's been attracting the attention of BBC Radio 6. You can check it out here : https://neversleeplife.bandcamp.com/album/intrigue-fatigue

  The band, Amy (Vocals), Fletch (Bass), Kenni (Guitar) & Matty (Drums) will be embarking on their first UK Tour this month supporting Fentanyl so watch out for them if they're playing near you. 

  This is the song that first made me sit up and take notice. It's called Man On The Street... 

Perverts Again - Killer in the Metroparks (Rocky River Has Gotten So Weird)

  

  Perverts Again hail from Cleveland, Ohio and feature Nathan Ward from Knowso, Cruelster (https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2024/02/cruelster-i-love-it.html), Smooth Brain & The Carp. They've been around for over a decade and have garnered comparisons with such luminaries as Devo and The Fall. I think I first became aware of them when they released their 2018 album Friday Night Light.

  They recently released a follow up album titled The New Man. It's 9 quirky and playful post punk tracks and you can get it on vinyl or digital download : https://pervertsagain.bandcamp.com/album/the-new-man

  This one's proving a particular favourite. It's called Killer in the Metroparks (Rocky River Has Gotten So Weird)... 

Tommy - Totally Obsessed

  

  So what do I know about Tommy? Not a massive amount to be honest. They're a (presumably) new melodic punk quartet from Minneapolis with a line up of Audrey (guitar/vocals), Britt (guitar/vocals), Felix (bass) & Mike (drums). They've just released a 9 track Demo 2025. 

  It's catchy as hell. A masterful blending of energetic punk and power pop. It occupies a similar ball park as other Just Some Punk Songs favourites such as The Prize and Rabbit. High energy, fun, melodic vocals and great guitar work. It's an extremely promising introduction. Check it out...

https://tommympls.bandcamp.com/album/demo-2025

   They saved the best for last, this is the closing track. It's called Totally Obsessed... 

Gas Station Boner Pills - Is Your Mother Single? (Can your father fight?)

    

  I've had today's song lined up to post for a couple of week's but laziness has held things up a bit. Often when I don't post something pretty much straight away it drifts to the bottom of the pile and gets overlooked in favour of even newer music but on this occasion, that ain't going to be the case. It's a jaunty little number and it deserves your attention. 

  Gas Station Boner Pills (https://www.facebook.com/GasStationBonerPills404) are from Atlanta, Georgia. They've a new album out in a couple of days which I'm sure will be well worth checking out. It's going to be titled Welcome To The Shit Show. 

  What will it sound like I hear you ask...

  Well check out this recent single. It's fun. It's energetic. It's a song about a topic that's bothered people for generations. It's called Is Your Mother Single? (Can your father fight?)... 

MSPAINT - Angel (Guest Review By Ralph J Rivera)

    

This is possibly the most important release to come out of the "Underground" this year so far. Once upon a time terms like "Post-Punk" and "New Wave" actually meant something important. It meant this was something NEW! Something you'd never heard before. A style of music that re-created itself with every new band and record. Over the years they've now become "genres". Very sad in my opinion. We rarely hear bands anymore that create their own "sound". Gone are the days of PIL, Magazine, Gang Of 4, Killing Joke or The Fall.

Well MSPAINT are here in 2025 to remind you just how important that is! With lyrics that stand up for the down-trodden & the beaten down. The undesirables of today. This is NOT pretty music for pretty people. This 5 song EP (No Separation) reaches it's nadir with the anthem "Angel". The first time I heard this song I put it on repeat and cried my eyes out! MSPAINT have done something no band has done in quite some time for me - Give Me Hope!

PRESSING INFO:

100 on Sky Blue with Forrest Green Splatter

250 on Cherry Red

150 on Clear with Red and Yellow Splatter

200 on Coke and Sky Blue Clash

300 on Black Vinyl

https://convulserecords.bandcamp.com/album/no-separation

WATCH! LISTEN! ENJOY! The video for "Angel" . THE Anthem for 2025!

I saw an angel last night
Doused in gasoline
Flowers grew from their skin
And withered in the fumes
Is this a dream or mirage
Manifestation of pain
Dive deep past the heat
Break down how I really feel

There’s no control
Just controlling yourself
There’s no control
Just controlling yourself
There’s no control
Just controlling yourself
There’s no control

I feel like the problem
I feel in the way
But I’m staying present
This is just today
Cannot feel direction
I feel like a stray
But I’m staying present
This is just today

You’re good enough
You’re good еnough
You’re good enough
You’re good еnough

There’s no control
Just controlling yourself
There’s no control
Just controlling yourself
There’s no control

There’s no control

I feel like the problem
I feel in the way
But I’m staying present
This is just today
I cannot feel direction
I feel like a stray
But I’m staying present
This is just today

There’s no control

I feel like the problem
I feel in the way
But I’m staying present
This is just today
Cannot feel direction
I feel like a stray
But I’m staying present
This is just today
I feel like the problem
I feel in the way
But I’m staying present
This is just today
Cannot feel direction
I feel like a stray
But I’m staying present
This is just today

Haemers - Mansaf (Guest Review By Dirk Ceustermans)

    

(pic: kevienpictures)

  HAEMERS - Mansaf from "Sunny Side Up" digital album (at the moment)

  Well I wondered where they were but finally HAEMERS (https://www.facebook.com/haemersband) returned with new material after 4 years. I think with these new songs they show their audacity again to compose some complexity in the riffs and pace shifts, the way it was already showcased in their 2021 release "Onderwereld". The songs here sound more "lo-fi" compared to the previous record and this makes it sound even more aggressive as the rough kicks you right in the gut. 

  The vocals sound just as if it was done with a microphone straight into a cheap tape recorder. Brilliant! (I must say he does sound like a singer in one of my early 80's bands, being recorded using a tape recorder at rehearsals).

  After a first listen I decided to pick the second track Mansaf, that kicks in after a fantastic opener (Snap), which I leave for you to listen to yourself. Mansaf kicks in with with a fast pace and turns into a slower part allowing a bit of headroom for the bass to noodle around, before they return into the tempo and to end with a slop on the wrist.

  Then it even gets faster with "Dog Squeezer" that clocks in just under a minute. "Fuck this soup" might not be about disliking the soup of the day down the local bistro, 'In the Soup' is a dutch saying meaning being in trouble, maybe they played around with that? Who knows.

  "Geo Enginear Death Experience/Centipedes" changes pace all the time getting your braincells microwaves into all directions, "Slide" gives you a deserved break to regain your senses, but not long before the title track kicks in. Oh noooo what a killer track!

https://haemers.bandcamp.com/

  This is Mansaf... 

Fantasy Premier League

   

Congratulations to Andrew Plant who won the Just Some Punk Songs league with his team Plantys Squad. He beat Vinny Vincent's Dingo Ate My Baby (I think Vinny won the league for the last 3 seasons) by 45 points. 

  The cup final saw Just Some Punk Songs beating Big Bangers FC 66-52 in a close final that was decided by a late Mo Salah goal.

  Thanks to everyone who joined, the league will be back in August. 

 1 Plantys Squad  ANDREW PLANT 2436

 2 Dingo Ate My Baby  Vinny Vincent 2391

 3 BOVINE BANJO BASHERS Skot McGuffog 2359

 4 Wretched Rovers  Pete Marler 2347

 5 Just Some Punk Songs  Mick Fletcher 2345

 6 Big Bangers FC  Kandy Ramsey  2340

 7 Hello you counts  paul spice  2322

 8 El Loco Motives  Richard Howe  2322

 9 Better Red than Djed  James Coppard  2314

 10 JC 11  Jack Collinson 2311

 11 Rebel Express AFC  Tim Bray  2292

 12 Playing To The Crowd  Matthew Rayner  2264

 13 Inner City Sumo FC  Chris Collins 2242

 14 Stärkande Starköl  Anders Jacobsson 2207

 15 Rays Dreamers  RAYMOND PLANT 2191

 16 Change Name  Harrison Flint 2174

 17 Tesco McNeil  Deal Adam Rigby 2173

 18 Nilsatisnisioptimum Ian Riley 2167

 19 Sandra FC Miguel  Dale Houghton 2167

 20 World Beaters  James McIver 2135

 21 I 8️⃣ Peter Swann XI  Simon Poxon 2005

 22 Fat Latch XI  Ian Jay 2004

 23 Haggis's Heroes  Phil Harris 1997

 24 Elland back  Rob Wilkinson 1967

 25 Colin's Great Team  Colin Clark 1933

 26 Shotfrombothsides  Gary Hough 1917

 27 Not Going Downes  Gary Webb 1900

 28 Stenbungalowmuir  Alan Beningfield 1862

 29 villans  Glen Mohamed 1855

 30 Moosey's Reds  Graham Powell 1774

 31 SOTS UTD  Mark Jones 1682

 32 EzeLikeSundayMorning  D M 1540

 33 EVIE'S Dream team  Martin Holland 1524

THE MENSTRUAL CRAMPS - Make Girls Feel Good

  

  Today's song is an old one. It was released in 2017. But I've a few reasons for posting it. Firstly, I couldn't see it anywhere on Youtube so I thought that needed rectifying. Secondly, it's just been rereleased by Grow Your Own Records. Thirdly, it's a bloody great song. 

  The Menstrual Cramps (https://www.facebook.com/TheMenstrualCramps) are a punk band from Bristol who recorded their debut album at home in 2017 and self released it online. The album was called We're Not Overyacting and it was one hell of a way to announce yourself.

  They returned a year later with album number 2, Free Bleedin, which I covered here :  https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2018/08/the-menstrual-cramps-boycott-lot.html

  Since then we've had to make do with a drip feed of single tracks which have left us punk fans crying out for album number 3. 

  Whilst we wait, let's reacquaint ourselves with the debut. It's been remastered and is available via Grow Your Own on vinyl and CD for the first time and comes with a 32 page lyric booklet. It's as fresh and relevant as ever : https://growyourownrecords.bandcamp.com/album/were-not-ovaryacting

  The song I'm highlighting is a call for women to love themselves. It's called Make Girls Feel Good...

I'm fed up with the women on the TV
I'm fed up with the women in the mags
You're giving all women such a complex
And I think you're all fucking scumbags

What the hell is a contour kit
Them things require a warning
You all look bloody great to me
Especially bare faced in the morning

Cus you always look like such perfection
That you don't even need to try
And you don't need no correction
For those bags under your eyes

Stop filling your lips with this unknown jelly
And please appreciate your belly
I'll always think you look okay
And I don't mind reminding you today

The average dress size is a 14
So if you're hungry grab some toast
All these beauty queens are our model teens
And their looks aren't obtainable to most

The worst thing you can do
Is compare yourself to her
You're a magical, beautiful creature dear
And babe you always were

Cus you always look like such perfection
That you don't even need to try
And you don't need no correction
For those bags under your eyes

Stop filling your lips with this unknown jelly
And please appreciate your belly
I'll always think you look okay
And I don't mind reminding you today

When are we gonna stop telling girls
That they need to look a certain way
And when are we gonna stop selling kids
Eye pallets and telling them to change

When are we gonna stop judging a girls worth
On how much they weigh
And when are we gonna start telling girls
That whatever the time of day
They always look okay
They always look okay

Cus you always look like such perfection
That you don't even need to try
And you don't need no correction
For those bags under your eyes

Stop filling your lips with this unknown jelly
And please appreciate your belly
I'll always think you look okay
And I don't mind reminding you today

Cus you always look like such perfection
That you don't even need to try
And you don't need no correction
For those bags under your eyes

Stop filling your lips with this unknown jelly
And please appreciate your belly
I'll always think you look okay
And I don't mind reminding you today