W.O.M.B.A.T - Identity Crisis

  

  W.O.M.B.A.T (https://www.facebook.com/waste.of.money.brains.and.time) are from Melbourne and feature a line up of Harrison McGregor- Porcaro (Bass/Vocals), Zoe Hammond (Lead Guitar), Lachlan McGregor-Porcaro (Rhythm Guitar) & Micheal Haynes (Drums). Their name stands for  waste.of.money.brains.and.time

  They released a debut ep last November titled Inbrace

 (https://wombat-aus.bandcamp.com/album/inbrace) 

  Unfortunately I missed it at the time but happily French label Idiotape Records have just released a cassette version (which this time around I haven't missed).

https://idiotaperecords.bandcamp.com/album/w-o-m-b-a-t-inbrace

  Being a sucker for Philadelphia trio Dark Thoughts I had to highlight this cover of a track from their 2016 debut album. Dark Thought's version (https://dark-thoughts.bandcamp.com/track/identity-crisis) finishes abruptly as the band race straight into the next song. The W.O.M.B.A.T version is equally as impressive but has a proper fade out. This is Identity Crisis...

Foxy - Already Gone

  

  Foxy (https://www.facebook.com/foxybandusa) are a female fronted melodic punk band from Orange County who've just released a new album titled Tonight Tonight. The line up of the band is LP (Vocals), Greg Antista (Guitar), Stu West (Bass) & Richie Mendez (Drums).

  The album will bring to mind the likes of The Runaways and The Donnas. It's catchy as fuck and it rocks. I played a track on the show a few weeks ago (Rock And Roll Crime) and it pretty much brought the house down. Happily it's not the album's only "smash hit."

  It's out today on Rum Bar Records https://rumbarrecords.bandcamp.com/album/tonight-tonight

  It's also worth noting that Greg Antista has an album on the way with his band The Lonely Streets which I'll play something from on the next show

 https://rumbarrecords.bandcamp.com/album/bastards-broken-hearts

  Back to Foxy, this is the album's closing track and it's a definite modern day classic. It's called Already Gone... 

The Model Workers - Surf Song

    

  The Model Workers (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100039871304012) are a band I played on the latest Just Some Punk Songs show and I think I mentioned they were from the north east of England. Having researched a little more, I don't think that's the case, the band I was thinking of were called Model Workers and they released a 7" in 1981 titled Cry. 

  This trio (Dink vocals/guitar, Dazza B bass/backing vocals & Chris E drums/backing vocals) are also from the UK, I think from Leicester, Devon & Banbury, but despite being around for over a decade I think they're a different band (although as is often the case, I'm winging it a bit here!). 

  Anyway, the important bit. They recently released a 7 track debut album titled Disaster Punk. The opening track (the one I played on the show) is titled Look At The State and it pretty much sums up the band's raison d'être. They sing about what's going on around them, both politically and personally. The album's old school and honest and you can check it out here :  https://open.spotify.com/album/7v62N1XqJc9pTAkD0smgFk

  This song deals with climate change and the rising of the oceans, it's called Surf Song... 

KLOBBER - London

  

  KLOBBER (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100037550725654) are from Madrid and previously graced the pages of Just Some Punk Songs back in 2021 with a track from their album Clap Time! https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2021/11/klobber-only-in-it-for-beer.html

  They're back today with a taster for their upcoming album A Rope For You. It'll be available next month on vinyl (300 copies, 100 of them in orange) and digital via Take The City Records and you can pre order it here :  https://takethecityrecords.bandcamp.com/album/pre-order-a-rope-for-you-lp

  It's described as "10 new songs will delight fans of English punk like SLAUGHTER AND THE DOGS, THE DAMNED, THE RUTS, THE CLASH, COCKNEY REJECTS... and American punk bands like BLACK FLAG, GERMS, ZERO BOYS, or REAGAN YOUTH. Sweet ballads for punks, drunks, and dirty Cunts." 

  A throwback to the heady sounds of '77, this is London... 

The Bat Creeps - Comic Day

    

  The Bat Creeps (https://www.facebook.com/thebatcreeps) are a comic book punk rock outfit from Sheffield. My mate Simmo messaged me to say "fave new band mate" to which I replied "I was listening to them earlier and I'm playing them on this week's show (tonight, 8pm   https://gpr.mixlr.com/)."  It seemed rude not to get them on here too. 

  They've (they being Jim Connolly, Billy Sevens, Steve Yates and James McVeigh) just released a new album titled Flaccid Justice. It's "10 tracks covering hot topics such as vehicular mayhem, errant cyborgs and of course, unrequited love" and it's a whole bunch of fun. 

  You can get it on cd or digital here : https://thebatcreeps.bandcamp.com/album/flaccid-justice

  I was originally going to highlight the singalong opener Stay Puft but I'll bow to Simmo's superior knowledge and go with his favourite track instead. This is Comic Day... 

The Soda Poppers - Bad Girls Go To Hell

  

  The Soda Poppers (https://www.facebook.com/the.soda.poppers) are the latest band to come rolling off the Johny Skullknuckles punk n roll conveyor belt. I've featured a couple of those other bands previously  

https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2020/05/the-kopek-millionaires-it-could-happen.html

https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-dead-beats-monsters-prefer-blondes.html

  The Soda Poppers see Jonny on guitar, backing vocals and knob twiddling. He's taking a bit of a backseat this time around ably backing up Frida The Bleeder (Vocals, Guitar, Bass), Silent Sonia (Drums) and Sticky Vikki (Organ, backing vocals). 

  They released a festive track a few months ago titled 'Til Christmas and now they're back with an ep called Testing A Theory - The Shape Of Things To Come. It boasts 6 songs including sprightly covers of Suffragette City and I Think We're Alone Now. You can find it here :  https://johnymusic.bandcamp.com/album/testing-a-theory-the-shape-of-things-to-come

  This song's a definite highlight, it's called Bad Girls Go To Hell...

You don't like the things that we do - Too bad, oh well You don't like the things that we say - never mind, OK You don't like the drugs that we take - Too bad, oh well And you're always telling me that Bad Girls Go To Hell. You don't like the things that we do too bad, so fuck you You don't like how much we drink You don't like the way that we think We think, we think you suck You don't like the way that we live - Too bad, oh well You don't like the things that we say - never mind but OK You don't like anything And you're always telling me that Bad Girls Go To Hell So I'll see you in hell We're good, we're good at being bad

The Priceduifkes - Unemploy Me

  

"Good times here I come..."

  The Priceduifkes (https://www.facebook.com/thepriceduifkes) are the Belgian punk band who first featured on Just Some Punk Songs back in 2017 with a song from their album Goathorse  https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2017/03/the-priceduifkes-its-raining-shit.html

  7 years later they released a more than worthy follow up titled Dirty Dancing which I covered here :  https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2024/03/the-priceduifkes-water-balloons-to.html

  And now they're back again with a brand new single. It's a yearning to be let go from a shitty job, a feeling I think we've all had when we need work to pay the bills but we'd really rather be doing something better instead. 

  It's called Unemploy Me... 

 

xray xeroxx - Johnny Rotten Is A Fascist Pig

  

  xray xeroxx. New to me but maybe a one man project? Certainly a lofi garage punk project from Los Angeles and with what looks to be a debut release, a 4 track ep titled Bored And Loving It. 

https://xrayxeroxx.bandcamp.com/album/bored-and-loving-it-e-p

  This is the track with the eye catching title, fortunately it's a good tune too. It's called Johnny Rotten Is A Fascist Pig...

johnny rotten is a fascist pig
johnny rotten is a fascist pig

you used to sing about anarchy, but
you’re really pretty vacant

when you said
"god save the queen, the fascist regime"
you meant it

you did not invent punk rock
even if you think you did
you’re not an anarchist
you’re a prick
johnny rotten is a fascist pig

johnny rotten is a fascist pig
johnny rotten is a fascist pig
johnny rotten is a fascist pig
johnny rotten is a fascist pig

i just wanna be anarchy
yeah right

we're so pretty
oh so pretty
johnny rotten is a fascist pig

i just wanna be
johnny rotten is a fascist pig

we're so pretty
oh so pretty
johnny rotten is a fascist pig

you're vacant
you're vacant
johnny rotten is a fascist pig

Ricky Rochelle - Ghost of Dee Dee (Guest Review By Ralph J Rivera)

  

  Well my friend Ricky Rochelle has just dropped single #4 in his 2025 series. This one is called "Ghost Of Dee Dee" and it's his strongest song so far in this endeavor.  https://rickyrochelle.bandcamp.com/track/ghost-of-dee-dee 

  The music is a perfect blend of his new direction. The "Pop" sensibilities are there in the vocals and structure while also maintaining a fair amount of "Ramonescore". The lyrics are an amazing tribute to one of the best songwriters in the Ramones. Using his song titles to weave a heartfelt peon, you can tell how much Dee Dee meant to Ricky Rochelle. Stellar production as always by his writing partner Gregg Gavitt who also handles the bass duties on this one.

  Besides being my friend I'm also a huge fan Of Ricky's. His solo work is constantly evolving as to what can be done within the "Pop Punk" genre. I put him in the same category as Kurt Baker. Someone who started out playing in a straight up Pop Punk band but also had the ability to write songs & music that transcended that bubble. It's rare that an artist can leave an established band and carve out a successful solo career. Ricky Rochelle is on his way to stardom. 

  Here's the Youtube clip for "Ghost Of Dee Dee".

SPACEMAUS - Too Cool To Say Hi

    

  Spacemaus are Andy (Drums/Vocals), Sarah (Bass/Vocals) & Patrick (Guitar/Vocals), a diy garage punk band from Leipzig. They introduced themselves a couple of years ago with a demo ep and they've just returned with a follow up which is fittingly titled Zwei. 

  The songs are of the upbeat, catchy and endearingly rough around the edges variety. Garage meets power pop and we're the winners, it's a blast. 

  You can get it digitally or on cassette (the cassette version, from Konglomerat Kollektiv, also includes the songs from the demo).

https://spacemaus.bandcamp.com/album/zwei

https://konglomeratkollektiv.bandcamp.com/album/zwei

  This is the lead song and the one that was most popular with the chatroom listeners on this week's Just Some Punk Songs show. It's called Too Cool To Say Hi...

Sie stehen irgendwann auf Und gehen irgendwann ins Bett Dazwischen machen sie Arbeit, Uni, Kunst, Hobby, Schule oder Internet Sie treffen irgendwelche Leute Sie sind so wie ich manchmal sagen sie Hi, Grüß Gott, Bonjour, Na wie gehts Aber zu mir nicht Abends gehen sie an dieselben Orte Abends kann man sie sehen doch es fallen wieder keine Worte Denn man muss verstehen Too cool to say hi Too cool to say hi Too cool to say hi Too cool to say hi Ich steh irgendwann auf Und geh irgendwann ins Bett dazwischen treffe ich Friends von Friends von Friends aus dem Laden oder Gruppenchat Ich weiß, wer sie sind, doch sie erkenn mich vielleicht nicht Dieses Meer, in dem Leipzig schwimmt, wer ist hier ein großer Fisch? Abends gehen sie an dieselben Orte Abends kann man sie sehen doch es fallen wieder keine Worte Denn man muss verstehen Too cool to say hi Too cool to say hi Too cool to say hi Too cool to say hi

Sex Germs - Drive

  

  I almost confused myself with today's update. Thinking the name Sex Germs sounded familiar I did a check and found I'd featured a band from Australia with that name back in 2019 (https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2019/02/girl-germs-sex-doll.html). 

  The band you're getting today however are a different Sex Germs. They're from Leicester, they feature a line up of "time served fast-core stalwarts and local riff-sick rascals" and they've just released a beast of an album on Crew Cuts Records called Whiplash. You can get it on vinyl or digital :  https://crewcutsrecords.limitedrun.com/products/866799-sex-germs-whiplash-lp

https://crewcuts.bandcamp.com/album/whiplash

  It's an invigorating blast of female fronted noise that sprinkles numerous hooks in amongst all the shouty angst. The song I'm highlighting is called Drive... 

Shirthole - Something in the air

  

  Shirthole are a fairly new trio from the New Jersey/New York tri state area. I've only just stumbled across them but I liked their new single and thought it needs shouting about. 

  Short and sweet, 2 songs in under 3 and a half minutes, check it out :  https://shirthole.bandcamp.com/album/something-in-the-air-friends

  This one's very relevant to the times we're currently living in ("They lie everyday, we believe them anyway"), it's called Something In The Air...  

The Briefs - Hospital Elevator

  

  The Briefs (https://www.facebook.com/TheBriefs) are no strangers to Just Some Punk Songs with a string of featured songs over the last decade and a bit. As well as that, frontman Steve E Nix has recently featured with new band Taste Testors (https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2025/02/taste-testors-she-didnt-tell-me-she-was.html). 

  Today he's back on Briefs duty as they've just released a new single. As the band are celebrating their 25th anniversary it seems fitting the single is produced by Kurt Bloch (The Fastbacks guitarist produced the very first Briefs 7" Poor And Weird back in 1999). It's the sound of a band getting back to their roots. 

  To promote the single, the band will be touring (things kick off with a number of English shows)...

  It's available on 7" via TKO Records on blue or red vinyl (https://tkorecords.bigcartel.com/) and you can check out both songs on Spotify :  https://open.spotify.com/album/3pz57gYdWF2KiNM2SOdUjB

  This song sees Nix commenting "There’s nicer hospital visits and then there’s seedier ones, like where there’s cops and people withdrawing and sketchy guys in handcuffs and all that.  And you’re trying to find your girlfriend and it’s 4am and you’re in an elevator.  The song is along those lines. With a cool beat.” It's called Hospital Elevator... 

Helle - Pornography

  

  Helle (https://www.facebook.com/helleband) are a West Yorkshire feminist punk quartet with bite. They've been around for a few years but for some reason, despite supposedly keeping my eyes and ears on the new punk music scene, they seem to have escaped my attention. 

  Happily that sad state of affairs has been rectified with the release of their latest single (https://open.spotify.com/album/3EJClZewY0jkY31Z4XRVNz). 

  The band say the single is about girls owning their own sexuality, or as they put it "girls having a cheeky wank."

  It's a powerhouse of a song, one of my favourites of the year so far. I'll certainly be catching up on their back catalogue. It's called Pornography... 

The Droogettes - Running From The Cia

  

  The Droogettes (https://www.facebook.com/droogettes) are a Clockwork Orange themed all-girl Oi! band from Philadelphia who've been around for over a decade. 

  I wanted to point you in the direction of a song by them that's featured on a compilation album from Rejected Youth Records. The comp is titled More Covers Than They're Worth: A Tribute to Sloppy Seconds Volume 2 and it's packed full of bands paying homage to Indianapolis' finest pop punk band. You can check it out here : https://rejectedyouthrecords.bandcamp.com/album/more-covers-than-theyre-worth-a-tribute-to-sloppy-seconds-volume-2

  The original version featured on Sloppy Seconds' 1989 debut album Destroyed, this is a very fine cover. It's called Running From The CIA... 

Creepy Future - Trust Your Guts

  

  Creepy Future (https://www.facebook.com/creepyfutureband) are a trio from Dublin who feature Derek (Moutpiece, the ObjectorZ); Conzo (Female Hercules, Afterwardness) and Moose (Wild Rocket, New Gods). 

  They've just unleashed a debut single that's fit to burst with an intense energy that bodes well for future releases. I've not much info on them at the moment, this is just one of those updates designed to put a new band on your radar. 

  This is Trust Your Guts... 

Bird Fist - Mobbed up and on the Piss

  

  Bird Fist seem to be a band shrouded in mystery. Who are they? Where are they from. Fucked if I know guvnor (although one of them is in Scunthorpe Yobs) but I do know they're jolly good. 

  They've just released a debut album on No Front Teeth Records titled This One's For The Birds. It's female fronted, 80's inspired oi and it brings to mind the Hard Skin album Why Do Birds Suddenly Appear (https://hardskin.bandcamp.com/album/why-do-birds-suddenly-appear). 

  You can get it here : https://www.nofrontteeth.co.uk/large-grid 

  This song's a joyous singalong called Mobbed Up And On The Piss... 

Unicorn Dogs - Boys Who Rape (Should All Be Destroyed)

  

  Unicorn Dogs (https://www.facebook.com/unicorn.dogs.music) are from Baltimore and though they've not been around for long they're proving to be pretty prolific. I featured a track from their debut album, Typical Junk Behaviour, last year https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2024/07/unicorn-dogs-they-hate-change.html. 

  I commented "It's pop punk sensibilities with balls. Gritty and melodic, a great combination." And now they're back with more of the same in the form of a new ep titled Inauguration. 

  Do you like short, snappy songs or maybe you prefer something a little longer (maybe The Decline by NOFX is your idea of punk rock heaven)? Well Unicorn Dogs cater for all. There's 6 individual songs on the ep but there's also a special Inauguration: Pomp and Circumstance version, which presents the songs as a single listening experience with additional content not on the individual tracks. And if that isn't enough, there's also a couple of Bandcamp only bonus tracks. 

  You can find it here : https://unicorndogs.bandcamp.com/album/inauguration

  This track is a cover of this song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL1nDdWBfcc which was released in 2009 by The Raveonettes on their album In And Out Of Control. It's called Boys Who Rape (Should All Be Destroyed)... 

Boys who rape should all be destroyed
Boys who rape should all be destroyed

Three to one girl
How can you win
One horrid night
You hope that it's a bad dream

They rip you to shreds
Make you feel useless
You'll never forget
Those fuckers stay in your head

Boys who rape should all be destroyed
Boys who rape should all be destroyed

They rip you to shreds
Make you feel useless
You'll never forget
Those fuckers stay in your head

Boys who rape should all be destroyed
Boys who rape should all be destroyed

Boys who rape should all be destroyed
Boys who rape should all be destroyed

Gutter - Another Day Another Death

  

  A cover version today of a song that was the opening track on The Mob's 1983 album Let The Tribe Increase. For those that don't know, The Mob were an English anarcho punk band from Yeovil who were active between 1979 and 1983 and who reformed in 2011. 

  There's a new French tribute compilation to them titled Let the tribute increase (a tribute to The Mob). It features a bunch of bands who if I'm honest I've never heard of but they pull off some decent reinterpretations. You can check the comp out here (it's available as a name your price download) :  https://letthetributeincrease.bandcamp.com/album/let-the-tribute-increase-a-tribute-to-the-mob

  Gutter are a hardcore punk band from Lille (https://gutterlille.bandcamp.com/). This is their hard hitting version of Another Day Another Death...

  

I woke up screaming from the nightmare that’s begun again / Cold tears of sweat dripping down my face / I slipped up again, I slipped up again / The radio is playing songs whirling in my head /Another day another death / Another day another death / Ice cold needle that splits my every breath / Another day, another death / The cold and frigid wind that blows through every crack / The wild and tortured dream / the straw that broke the camel’s back / We slipped up again, we slipped up again / And I wanna know why, I wanna know why / Another day another death / Another day another death /Ice cold needle that splits my every breath / Another day another death / I’m reaching out again and clutching flowers thrown in the breeze / They’re all quite meaningless and yet they mean so much to me / We slipped up again by not recalling all the pain / And I wanna know why, I wanna know why / Another day another death / Another day another death/ Ice cold needle that splits my every breath / Another day another death

Bratakus - Final Girls

  

  Bratakus (https://www.facebook.com/Bratakus) are Breagha Cuinn (guitar/vocals) and Onnagh Cuinn (bass), 2 sisters from the far north of Scotland. They're a noise drenched duo who first featured on this blog 8 years ago with a track from their debut album Target Grrrl  https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2017/09/bratakus-no-more-love-songs.html

  They've not been overly prolific as of late, I see news of the occasional gig but their last release was 2001's Ghouls Night Out single.

  But now they're back with a new single. Nothing much seems to have changed, their sound is still as powerful as ever and they still write horror themed lyrics. The only surprise is that this time around they aren't releasing at Halloween (their favourite time of the year). This time they're unleashing the single to coincide with their appearance at this weekend's Manchester Punk Festival. 

  The single is available on Venn Records and was produced by Johan Gustafsson of The Hives at Studio Gröndahl, Sweden. Grab it here : https://bratakus.bandcamp.com/album/final-girls

  This sounds to me as good as anything they've released previously, it's vicious and catchy. It's called Final Girls...  

Apes Of The State - Punk Rock Shows in Heaven

  

  One sad aspect of doing the Just Some Punk Songs show for pretty much all of the past decade is that there's been a few loyal and regular listeners who have become good friends but who've sadly passed away during that time. When I heard today's song I immediately thought of them so this update is dedicated to Bill, Nan, Stef and any other listener who's no longer with us. 

  Apes Of The State (https://www.facebook.com/apesofthestate) are from Lancaster, Pennsylvania and they play folk punk. It's a genre of punk music that some people seem averse to but I'm not sure why. There's plenty of great folk punk releases out there. 

  Apes Of The State have been around even longer than the Just Some Punk Songs show and they're readying to release a new album titled What's Another Night? It'll be out next week :  https://apesofthestate.bandcamp.com/album/whats-another-night

  This is the song that had me raising a glass to fallen punk rock comrades, it's called Punk Rock Shows In Heaven... 

Are there punk rock shows in heaven
Are you push moshing are you crowd surfing
Are the kids still hooked on heroin
Or have they found a way to cope without that trash
I hope you found a way to right your wrongs
And that you make a cool band and write some songs
And that you overthrow your government
Find a way to make things work without that trash
I wanna know if you’ll ever grow up
Or if you’re 25 forever
With that Bad Brains t-shirt on
That you were wearing the day I met ya
In the rehab parking lot, Central Pennsylvania
Now I wear it when I miss ya
You told me once
It was one of the few things you had left
From when you were just a kid
That you never lost
Now it’s one of the few things I have left
To remember the time we spent
Now that you’re gone
I’m writing letters on your Facebook wall
Some days it’s hard to believe that you’re really gone
The only difference between you and me
Is a breath of air some body heat
But when I play our favorite CDs in the car on repeat
It feels like you’re here with me
So if you hear this song in heaven
If you’re push moshing and you’re crowd surfing
Tell the kids that are hooked on heroin
We found a way down here to cope
And I’m not sure I believe in heaven
But if you’re somewhere and you can hear this
Tell the kids that are hooked on heroin
We found a way down here to cope without that

Leatherman - Cigarettes Will Thrill U

   "Starting fights, getting drunk, like a cunt..."

  Leatherman are the Melbourne power pop quintet who I posted on here about 18 months ago  https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2023/10/leatherman-telephone.html.  I mentioned I could hear traces of a few bands in their sound, one of them being Thin Lizzy, and Thin Lizzy were mentioned again yesterday in the chatroom when I played today's featured song on the show. 

  The song is the opening track on their debut album Turn You On. The album is a collection of catchy gems, most if not all would make great singles. This band don't do filler. Harmonies, riffs, big choruses... this band excel at all of them. Let Leatherman turn you on, get the album here :  https://leathermanridesfree.bandcamp.com/album/turn-you-on-3

   This is Cigarettes Will Thrill U... 

  

MK ULTRAS - Pray For Us

 

 " Pray for us
 We don't fit in "

  MK ULTRAS (https://www.facebook.com/mkultrasofficial) are from Cleveland, Ohio and I first became aware of them last year when they released a Self Titled 12" ("8 tracks packed full with raw rock action. Riffs rip through like chainsaws and the bashing in of the drum kit is kin to shotgun blasts ricocheting through tin tunnels"). 

  They're back again with a new ep titled Disband I. It says on their Bandcamp page that the 4 songs were by Clevo sk8 punk legends Disband. I tried to check out those original versions but could find no mention of them anywhere. 

  The ep is available on 7" vinyl from Mandinga Records (Brazil) and it's definitely well worth checking out : https://mkultras.bandcamp.com/album/disband-i

  I was going to highlight Teenage Revolt, it's such a great and timeless sounding punk classic but then the final track on the ep lodged itself into my brain and wouldn't shake itself loose. It's a mid paced anthem with harmonies to die for. This is Pray For Us... 

Diaz Brothers - My World

    

  Cover versions of songs you loved when you were a kid can be a bit of a mixed bag. This one's one of the few that match the original. Hopefully you guys agree.

  Diaz Brothers (https://www.facebook.com/DiazBrothersSunderland) are from Sunderland and were formed from the ashes of HDQ following the sad passing of Dickie Hammond. I featured a track from their debut album 5 years ago https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2020/06/diaz-brothers-melancholy-hand-grenades.html

  They're releasing a new album on June 6th which will be called The World Is Yours. It'll be on Serial Bowl Records on various vinyl variants, ltd edition cd and digital download  https://serialbowlrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-world-is-yours

  Going off the evidence of their teaser single By My Side (https://serialbowlrecords.bandcamp.com/album/by-my-side-my-world-7), this is a band that are sounding better than ever. I think I mentioned recently that there's a signature sound when it comes to music from the North East of England, there's a definite Leatherface influence on a number of melodic punk bands from that area. All those bands sound great and Diaz Brothers are up there with the best of them. 

  This is the flip side of the single. It was originally by mod band Secret Affair and featured on their 1980 album Behind Closed Doors. The first single from the album, it peaked at number 16 in the UK singles chart. A song about disillusionment that can accompany the experience of feeling stuck in a routine, living in the same world day after day, it's called My World...

I can feel that taste for life slipping away,
And striking the lost chord I find nothing new to say
Someone told me I'm all dressed with nowhere to go,
I should have that sinking feeling, my head hung low,

But this is my world today
My world your living in every day
And this is my world today
And I couldn't have it any other way
In my world

Well the mind has its reasons for talking aloud
But when people turn and stare, I just feel so proud
The things they say won't come as any surprise
In an instant they become distant cries

But this is my world today
My world your living in every day
And this is my world today
And I couldn't have it any other way
In my world, my world, my world, my world today
Forever and ever,
Forever and ever,

Dead Pioneers - Love Language

  

  Wow!

  I've been waiting with bated breath for the new album by Dead Pioneers (https://www.facebook.com/dead.pioneers), the band from Denver, Colorado who released a much loved Self Titled debut back in 2023. 

  The new album is out today (vinyl, cd, digital) via Hassel Records (https://hasslerecords.com/) and it's titled Po$t American. I'm sure there'll be plenty of proper reviews explaining how the band deal with indigenous American culture and it's ruination/exploitation by white settlers and their descendants. This is a band with plenty to say about both modern day culture and historical atrocities. 

  Me however, as is my brief for this blog will just point you in the direction of the music and then highlight a song for you. https://deadpioneers.bandcamp.com/album/po-t-american

  Boasting a line up of Lee Tesche (Bass Guitar), Shane Zweygardt (Drums), Joshua Rivera (Guitar),  Abe Brennan (Guitar) & Gregg Deal (Lead Vocals), this track also features a guest contribution from Petrol Girls' vocalist Ren Aldridge. It deals with manly inadequacies and the patriarchal society and it's really rather spectacular. It's called Love Language... 

Irked - Sooprize Package For Mr Mineo

  

  Irked (https://www.facebook.com/irkedband) are the Newcastle Upon Tyne quintet who exploded onto the scene towards the end of 2023 with a brilliant song called Backstreets. That track was a calling card for the band's debut ep (https://irked1.bandcamp.com/album/ep) which was as good as you get as far as introductions go. I featured one of the highlights from it here :  https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2024/07/irked-crippling-empath.html

  They're back now with a new ep which assures us that first release wasn't a fluke. It's titled The Hardest Man In Billingham and all 3 tracks are great. I played the title track on last night's Just Some Punk Songs show. Song 2 is a joyful fuck you to being told what to do at the weekend (it's a cover of this Dan Sartain banger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TD-BR15taYs) and the concluding track is a very fine reimagining of a song that first appeared on Supercharger's classic 1991 Self Titled album (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tksbSnGzw4A). 

  The ep's available on vinyl & digital :                                                         https://irked1.bandcamp.com/album/the-hardest-man-in-billingham

  A wonderful garage punk stomp, this is Sooprize Package For Mr Mineo...

I was walking with a friend of mine
Doing nothing just a passin' time
Got a notion that'll do you good
Eat a pizza down in hollywood
In the alley behind the laundromat
Stab the motherfucker in the back!

Marlon Brando & Jimmy Dean
Stupid clowns didn't mean a thing
I don't really care if he was gay
Was he cuter than Doris Day
With his shoes and his tailored slacks
Stab the motherfucker in the back!

The Oidz - Jackin off in the U.F.O

  

  The Oidz are a Leeds based egg punk quartet featuring Ben Parry (Guitar/Vocals), Luc Gibbons (Drums), Jack Devlin (Bass/Vocals) & Summer Crane (Vocals/Synth/Samples). 

  They've just released an ep on Barcelona label Prison Records which features "4 songs about intergalactic masturbation, incels, and ray gun toting lovers." 

  As I was hunting down a bit of info on them I noticed Louder Than War had already reviewed the ep so I'll just point you in that direction if you want to know more :                                  https://louderthanwar.com/the-oidz-self-titled-review/

  I'll just post the link to the ep and mention it's got a vinyl release :  https://prisonrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-oidz-the-oidz

  

  This song's the intergalactic masturbation one, it's called Jackin off in the U.F.O... 

Takers and Users - Side By Side

    

(photo : Paul McWilliams)

  A welcome return to Just Some Punk Songs today for Belfast working class oi outfit Takers and Users (https://www.facebook.com/takersandusers). As I've mentioned previously (https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2017/02/takers-users-glory-days.html), their Backbars and Alleyways lp (https://takersusers.bandcamp.com/album/backbars-and-alleyways) was my favourite album of 2016. So it's no surprise I'm looking forward to the release of a brand new album (it's been a while guys!). 

  The band decided to call it Ten Year Hangover as a nod to the time they've been together but they admit it's taken a while to get things completed so Eleven Year Hangover would be more appropriate. Anyway, watch out for it, there's no release date as of yet but it'll be sometime this year on Randale Records.  

  This is a taste of what to expect. It's called Side By Side... 

  

  

Love Collector - Music For Morons

  

  I've played a few songs by Austin, Texas band Love Collector on the show in the last year or so (they released a very fine ep last August https://sweettime.bandcamp.com/album/first-night-last-night-of-leather) but I'd forgotten I'd featured them on the blog back in 2020 when I posted their cover of Good Throb's Toner Loner.  https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2020/08/love-collector-toner-loner.html

  The song you'll find below is taken from a compilation album from Fake Sex Tape titled FST Compilation #1. It features "Various Motherfuckers From Around The World Playing Punk And Garage Music" and you can find it here : https://fakesextape.bandcamp.com/album/fst-compilation-1

  This is Music For Morons... 

Cold Meat - Prick at the Pub

  

  It was only a couple of weeks ago when I was telling you about a new Demo from Amerol (https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2025/03/amerol-security-breach.html) that I was getting all nostalgic over Perth band Cold Meat. Amerol feature vocalist Ashley Ack and guitarist K-Hole from Cold Meat so in my mind I was resigned to Cold Meat being no more.

  So I'm overjoyed to be proven wrong. There's a new ep out on 18th April and it's gloriously titled Cake And Arse Party. It'll be available from Static Shock Records on vinyl and digital download :  https://staticshockrecords.limitedrun.com/products/866001-cold-meat-cake-and-arse-party-7-preorder-ships-april-18th  

https://staticshockrecords.bandcamp.com/album/cake-and-arse-party

      Showcasing Ashley's superbly strident vocal delivery (she's this generation's Eve Libertine and one of my favourite current vocalists), this is the lead track. It's called Prick at the Pub... 

BIG MESS - Terry

    

  Big Mess (https://www.facebook.com/bigmessdk) are from Copenhagen and yes, you guessed it they've featured on here previously (https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2022/11/big-mess-venus-in-bovver-boots.html / https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2023/10/big-mess-walk-all-over-me.html) with a cover of a Nips song and also a track that had me describing them as big, brash and bouncy. 

  Today sees them return in equally ebullient form with a teaser for their new 7". Available via Specialist Subject Records and Bandcamp in several different packages you'll find more details here :     https://specialistsubjectrecords.co.uk/products/big-mess-terry-ep-7 and here :   https://bigmessdk.bandcamp.com/album/terry-ep

  They've also a few UK gigs lined up this week : 

 3RD APRIL - The Lughole, Sheffield with Coughin Vicars, The Dogs & Desired Effect

 4TH APRIL - The Waiting Room, London with Trash Culture & Leigh Arthur

 5TH APRIL - The Royal Oak, Bath with Gimic & Hektics

 6TH APRIL - Exchange, Bristol (matinee) with Gimic & Bruno and the Outrageous Methods of   Presentation

  You know how some songs have a highly infectious chorus? Well the title track is pretty much like that all the way through. It's a high energy cover of this 1983 Kirsty MacColl single (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pivL4QdtiuM) which was also covered by Tracy Ullman (https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=uhz9sGJLqcA) and it's called Terry... 

Sympos - boots & ballads

    

  It's been 5 years since Waterford oi! outfit Sympos (https://www.facebook.com/sympathychips) first featured on Just Some Punk Songs (https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2020/12/sympos-on-scratcher.html) but they're back today with a track from their new album. 

  The album's titled To The Dogs and it's rather grand. A dozen tracks and not a duff one amongst them. You can get it on vinyl here : https://linktr.ee/sympos and as a digital download here :  https://sympos.bandcamp.com/album/to-the-dogs

  They've released a video to accompany the title track (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Tr3jboQd1M) but as I often do I'm not going with the obvious choice. I'm highlighting the one that was written by and features a guest contribution from Ryan O'Keefe and is named after a 2009 album by Irish legends Runnin' Riot. Modern day Oi doesn't get much better than this. This is Boots & Ballads.... 

Tin Ribs - Back to the Crawl Space

  

  It's that "this one went down well on last night's show" time of the week...

  Tin Ribs (https://www.facebook.com/tinribsband) are from Newcastle, they formed in 2022 and feature a line up of Jason Jones (vocals), Rob Milligan (guitar), Dan Ord (bass) and Luke Rodwell (drums). Their first proper release was last year's Council Pop ep which you can find here :  https://tinribs.bandcamp.com/album/council-pop

  Now they return with a new song which is about bailing out on a night out to go and get plastered in the gaps between the walls of your house instead. A true pandemic lockdown occurrence for vocalist Jason, it's an impressively rocking slice of punk tuneage. You can find it as a name your price download on the Serial Bowl Bandcamp page  https://serialbowlrecords.bandcamp.com/track/back-to-the-crawl-space

  It's called Back To The Crawlspace... 

NiiS - New Pig

    

  Los Angeles quartet NiiS (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61571984566526&locale=ne_NP) currently seem to be building up a head of steam. I've played a few tracks by them on recent shows and the feedback is always full of high praise. 

  I featured them on here 3 years ago with their heartfelt fuck you of a song (https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2022/01/niis-fuck-you-boy.html). 

  Since then they've been honing their sound without dissipating any of their raw energy and they've just unleashed a beast of an album titled NiiS World. (I guess I better mention for those new to the band their name is pronounced Nice). 

  The album's available on ltd edition coloured vinyl (and numbers are running very low as I type this so be quick if you want one) and digital download https://niisla.bandcamp.com/album/niis-world 

  We're very lucky at the moment to be blessed with a number of awesome bands playing raging yet ever so catchy punk music (such as Slaughterhouse, Scowl, Mannequin Pussy etc) and maybe I'm biased but I usually seem to favour strong female vocals when choosing songs for the blog or show. 

  They released a few songs from the album as singles and they were great. The song I'm featuring is one you may not have heard yet if you're only familiar with those singles but it highlights both the power and the melody of the band to great effect. It's called New Pig...